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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 8510:
- A Horrendous Plot (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 12, 2006)
Thanks to international coordination in the war on terror, a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines in mid-air has been foiled.
- Some Food For Thought For World Jurists (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2006)
A galaxy of chief justices, judges and jurists from all over the world have gathered in the Federal Capital at the invitation of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to share their views on the theme of the judicial . . .
- Us Muslims Upset Over ‘Islamic Facists’ Remark (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
A leading Islamic civil rights group in the United States has expressed ‘‘concern’’ over President George W Bush’s use of the term ‘‘Islamic fascists’’ while commenting on the terrorist plot to bomb several airliners, saying it contributes . . .
- Six Policemen Sentenced To Life For Rape (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
CB-CID probe confirms their involvement in the crime against Irula woman
- Gaza Hopes In Ruins A Year After Pullout Beg (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
As Palestinian farmer Hassan Abdel-Dayem looks across his fields to the rubble of former Jewish settlements, he sees an Israeli armoured vehicle trundling past.
- Corporation Council Accuses Centre Of Scuttling Vizhinjam Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Chinese companies cannot be considered a security threat'
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 12, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist . . .
- Mozart Opera Tackles Sweatshops, Slavery In Ny (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
An unfinished Mozart opera about slavery that opened in New York this week shows the 18th century composer was no "airhead" but rather a passionate human rights activist, director Peter Sellars said on Friday.
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 12, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going. A halt to their available methods of garnering finance would result in dismantling their militia ----
- It's Between The Two Pms (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Aug 12, 2006)
Apart from both being 'PM,' one by virtue of his initials, the other due to the political office he occupies, General Pervez Musharraf and Mr Manmohan Singh share a common dilemma.
- Mumbai, Rude? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
Dressed in crisp black-coats, they stood on the kerb, about 60 of them. Men and women staff of Marine Plaza, stood in silent reverence in front of the glass-tinted hotel, facing Mumbai's famed Marine Drive.
- A City In Perpetual Crisis (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Aug 12, 2006)
Mumbai: Forty-eight hours in the megalopolis, stuck mostly in traffic jams, is enough to make one’s thoughts turn as dark and threatening as the furious black clouds rolling overhead.
- The Abortion Wars In The Us Rage On (Indian Express, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 11, 2006)
Ever since the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Roe vs Wade in 1973 established that most laws against abortion violate a constitutional right to privacy, the battle-line between the pro-life and pro-choice camps has been drawn.
- Water World (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
It's a long wait for me every evening. I wait — all dressed up for office — to hear the hissing and spluttering that announces the arrival of my daily ration of water. Often it fails to turn up on time and I have to leave, my mind full of the fear . . .
- Women Re-Enact March Against Apartheid (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 11, 2006)
It was a seminal moment in the history of apartheid, a day on which 20,000 women risked arrest or worse by marching on Pretoria's Union Buildings, singing : "You have touched the women, Strijdom. You have struck a rock."
- Lighting A Candle Of Hope (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 11, 2006)
The people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan should continue
- Chirac Shakes World Conscience (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 11, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac has deplored that the delay on the part of the international community in getting a ceasefire in Lebanon is immoral.
- Hrw Blasts Saudi Arabia, India Over Hiv Tests (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The monitoring group Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused India, Saudi Arabia and other countries of breaching liberties by embracing policies of coercive testing for the AIDS virus.
- Bush's 'Islamic Fascist' Remark Causes Furore (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
President George Bush's remark blaming "Islamic fascists" for the foiled plot in London to blow up US-bound flights has caused a furore among American Muslim groups.
- Blair’S Us Tilt Comes Under Glare (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Tony Blair’s pro-US foreign policy to blame for young British Muslims turning to terrorism in protest against his actions in Iraq and now in Lebanon?
- Defunct Panels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2006)
Supreme Court Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal has rightly lamented the lackadaisical attitude of the state governments towards the state human rights commissions.
- Nepal Walks In Step (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 11, 2006)
Nepal has taken another significant step towards democracy with the government and Maoist rebels sorting out differences on the management of rebel arms.
- Sri Lankan Govt Needs Strategic Vision To Resolve Conflict (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 11, 2006)
"The two main parties in the Sri Lankan conflict have to demonstrate the political commitment and resolve the conflict rather than pretend they are interested in a process of negotiations and play for time."
- Sri Lanka Vows To Continue Offensive, Probe Calls Grow (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 11, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military vowed on Friday to push on with an offensive to win control of a water supply from the Tamil Tigers, as demands for an independent probe into the slaughter of 17 aid staff grew.
- Chambal's Terror Gunned Down With Paramour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Saleem Gujjar had over 100 cases registered against him
U.P. and M.P. had announced rewards of Rs.1 lakh and Rs.50,000 on his head respectively
Combing operations are continuing to nail other bandits
- Nepal Dispute Ends As Govt Blinks First (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerrilla soldiers that aggravated this week after Prime Minister Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political system, . . .
- 13 Blasts That Changed Our World (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Is West Ready To Open The Labour Market? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Aug 10, 2006)
One of the most important dimensions of globalisation is liberating the labour markets from the Western sovereign regulations and encouraging the free flow of human resource to carry out what may be termed `brown collar' work in the West, says . . .
- Mumbai Blasts Verdict Likely Today (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The city of Mumbai has barely recovered from its month-old trauma of the serial bombing of commuter trains and now it is tensely bracing for the court verdict due on Thursday on the 1993 explosions that killed 257 people, police and human rights . . .
- Delhi Police Seeks Details On Fazlu From Gujarat, Mumbai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2006)
"Was into hawala operations to receive protection money in Dubai, Malaysia, Nepal"
- Hurriyat Protests Killing Of Youth In Dal Gate (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Accusing the state government of converting Jammu and Kashmir into a 'police state', the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday said it was giving a free hand to the security forces in contravening law and human values.
- Nepal, Maoists Reach Deal On Un Role (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Koirala government and the Maoist rebels today formally requested the UN to monitor the human rights situation in Nepal and manage weapons of both the Nepali Army and the Maoist rebels.
- '93 Serial Blasts: Judgement Today (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Judgment Day (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 10, 2006)
The long-awaited verdict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, which is expected to be delivered by special judge P D Kode in the TADA court beginning today, could not have come at a more critical time for a city freshly wounded by terror.
- Us Atrocities In Vietnam Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Atrocities against civilians and prisoners by Army soldiers during the Vietnam War were more common than originally disclosed to the public, according to a Los Angeles Times review of recently unsealed government files.
- Don't Punish Victims (Times of India, Rakesh Shukla, Aug 10, 2006)
The declaration of Bharti Yadav as a proclaimed offender in the Nitish Katara murder case is being touted as a crowning achievement for the prosecution.
- Women’S Day In Pak National Assembly (Tribune, Raja Asghar, Aug 10, 2006)
It was a rare women’s day in the National Assembly on Tuesday when they and their male allies overcame party affiliations and conservative obstructions to introduce three private bills to promote women’s rights.
- Tharoor Has A Long Way To Go (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have landed India in deep diplomatic embarrassment in the past are myths about so-called “solidarity of the nonaligned and developing countries” and the belief . . .
- ‘Mainstream Politics Is All Rubbish’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Aug 10, 2006)
K G Kannabiran, president of the People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), has devoted his life to fighting for people’s rights. He is one of the leading lawyers in Andhra Pradesh, and has taken up the legal cudgels against the state’s attempts to . . .
- Student Leader Killed In Dalgate Turns Out To Be Senior Militant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
A student leader, enrolled in undergraduation course at Amar Singh College, today turned out to be a senior militant of Al-Mansoorain guerrilla outfit amid protests by residents of Dalgate locality who insisted that CRPF had killed "an innocent . . .
- Tharoor And That Uneasy Feeling (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have caused diplomatic embarrassment to India in the past are myths about so-called solidarity of the non-aligned and developing countries and the belief that just because we have supported Arab and African causes in the . . .
- Nepal Arms Row Ends (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 10, 2006)
The festering dispute between Nepal’s seven-party government and the Maoists over decommissioning the guerilla soldiers, that aggravated this week, after Prime Minister Mr Koirala championed accommodating King Gyanendra in the future political . . .
- Court Deports Indian Women, Five Children (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The NWFP Home Department on Wednesday issued the deportation order of two Indian women and five children who were arrested by political authorities on suspicion of being Indian spies 14 months ago on Pak-Afghan border closed to Miranshah in the . . .
- Justice For Children (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 10, 2006)
The Government has decided to introduce an amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act in the monsoon session of parliament. For the present a blanket ban has been imposed on the employment of children as domestic help or servants . . .
- Tackling Ulfa-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 10, 2006)
The asymmetric secessionist war of the United Liberation Front of Asom has gravely endangered national security ever since its inception in 1979.
- Online Resources In E-Health Era (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 09, 2006)
The Internet has matured to a point where the millions seeking medical info can prepare themselves for a serious medical encounters.
- Pm Shouldn't Give Me Lessons: Natwar (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Stung by his suspension from Congress, former External Affairs Miniter Natwar Singh, indicted in Iraqi oil scam, on Tuesday night launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Ministerial Council and declared that he was ready . . .
- Only Women Judges To Try Rape Cases? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 09, 2006)
The proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), making it mandatory for rape cases to be tried only by women judges seems to be based on some superficial and erroneous notion.
- In Afghanistan, A New Crackdown (Tribune, Pamela Constable, Aug 09, 2006)
Behind an unmarked door on a quiet residential street, a half-dozen young Chinese women in miniskirts shimmy to disco tapes or sit with beefy European men. Next to the fully stocked bar, a plastic Christmas tree pulses with tiny lights.
- Police Goes Berserk (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
The Chandigarh police disgraced itself when it teargassed and lathi-charged protesting jobless youth on Monday. One thought years of experience in handling demonstrations, so frequent at the city’s Matka Chowk, would have taught the police tact and . . .
- Some Unreliable Sources (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
It was a small item on the international pages, barely meriting a second glance: A Norwegian journalist, Bjoern Benkow, had admitted to fabricating interviews with Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey.
- Rape Is About Women — And Men (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Barring male judges from trying rape cases is based on too many assumptions and will be neither practical nor ethically appropriate
- Suspended, Natwar Kicks And Screams (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 09, 2006)
Comes out with Amar Singh to say this PM didn’t even win a municipality election and what about Quattrocchi?
- Cic Calls For Documents On Gujarat Riots (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The classified correspondence between then President K.R. Narayanan and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee concerning Gujarat riots will now go to the Central Information Commission which has an application pending for the release of these . . .
- Let Us Join Hands To Reclaim Feminism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2006)
To see off the feminist-bashers, we must unite around core concerns and harness a third wave.
- Us Atrocities In Vietnam Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Atrocities against civilians and prisoners by Army soldiers during the Vietnam War were more common than originally disclosed to the public, according to a Los Angeles Times review of recently unsealed government files.
- Lebanon Offer Boosts Ceasefire Diplomacy (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 09, 2006)
Hizbollah agrees to Beirut proposal to deploy 15,000 troops on the border with Israel
- Court Bars Hymn Recitation At Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
"It will affect sanctity of the place, cause law and order problem"
- Where Terrorists Eclipse Criminals (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Though relentlessly threatened with terrorism, Kashmir’s crime rate is quite low. In the past five years, only 95 murders were reported, the chief minister, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, informed the state’s Legislative Council.
- Iraq Rape Blame On ‘Combat Stress’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Frequent deadly attacks by insurgents sapped morale and raised combat stress in an US Army platoon that included soldiers accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, a member of the unit testified today.
- The War Of Terrorisation (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 09, 2006)
Five years on from 9/11, what the Muslim World is beginning to witness is the transformation of the war against terror into a War of Terrorisation of Muslim polities and Muslim civil societies -- and all this under the continuing guise of the war against
- Gujarat Riot Victims Hunt For Bodies, Justice (Reuters, RUPAM JAIN NAIR, Aug 09, 2006)
After a tip from a local streetsweeper, Amina Habib Rasool and a few friends began digging through a rubbish tip, looking for the remains of sons and husbands four years after they were slaughtered by a Hindu mob.
- Three Soldiers Killed In Separate J&k Encounters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Three soldiers were killed, and three jawans injured, in separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir since Sunday night.
- War And War Crimes (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 08, 2006)
Human Rights Watch has published a report that documents Israel's actions against Lebanese civilians.
- Lata’S Marriage, Revisited (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Aug 08, 2006)
The travails of Lata S. seem to overshadow the tribulations of Kafka’s Joseph K in The Trial. I remember hearing Lata recounting her tale a couple of years back. After six years of harassment, the Supreme Court judgment provides relief, which is of . . .
- Young Ny Singer Builds Big Following With Web Exposure (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 08, 2006)
Inside a disheveled Long Island beach cottage on a muggy summer day, Jamie Kristine Seerman sings into a microphone, strumming a battered guitar, recording on a computer a song that she hopes will be a hit.
- Shrc Bans Coca Cola And Pepsico On Campuses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has given an interim order banning Coca Cola and Pepsico drinks in all educational institutions, both private and Government.
- Underworld Don Arrested Near Nepal Border (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fazal-ur-Rehman wanted in connection with several cases of kidnapping, was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell at Sanauli along the Indo-Nepal border on Sunday.
- Lebanese Objection Delays Vote At Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
UNSC to hold public debate on Lebanon today
Israel will expand ground offensive if no UN resolution passed
Israeli strikes kill 57, 3 Israeli soldiers killed
- Rape, Murder In Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
Horrifying war crimes have been a recurring feature of the US occupation of Iraq.
- Trees Or Forest? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The current process of amending the controversial Hudood Ordinances seems to be heading for a parliamentary debate in which the proverbial forest may well be lost while looking at the trees, instead of the other way around.
- Justice For The Northern Areas (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
It is not quite clear under what law the 1.5 million people of the Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan), a region of 72,496 sq km, are ruled by Pakistan as a federal territory for 58 years.
- Medic Testifies In Iraq Rape Hearing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
An Iraqi army doctor told today of his horror at coming upon a dead teenager “naked with her legs spread” after the alleged murder of her family by a group of US soldiers.
- Harsh Home-Truths (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
For far too long have far too many politicians in Jammu and Kashmir secured their popularity by playing the “army card”. Mehbooba Mufti made a fine art of it.
- Woman And Child As Merchandise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
Biswajit Ghosh and Ananda Mohan Kar
The problem of trafficking against women and children in India is now an important social issue. It refers to the movement of men, women and children from one place to another through force, coercion or . . .
- Habitual Offenders (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
State must face truth on custody deaths
A police administration that has recently been seen to be seriously concerned about the future of cricket in Bengal has generally not been as enthusiastic about cleaning up the mess in its own backyard.
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Us Military Hearing On Iraq Rape Case Starts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
A U S military court convened in Baghdad today to decide whether to court-martial four U S soldiers for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her family in March.
- Sense And Sensitivity (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 07, 2006)
India seems to have finally decided to bypass Bangladesh in the proposed natural gas pipeline from Myanmar.
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