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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 8510:
- 2 Nato Soldiers Killed In Afghan (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Two British Nato soldiers were killed and another was presumed dead after an ambush in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after the alliance assumed command from the US-led coalition.
- Israel's Terror (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, Aug 02, 2006)
The U.S.-Israel axis goes all out to remove the last impediments to building a "New Middle East".
- Engineered War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Hizbollah holds out and civilian casualties rise as Israel continues to wage a war that it planned for over a year.
- Summer Of Shelling (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 02, 2006)
From the war zone in Lebanon, an account of the distress and the relief effort.
- In 'Liberated' Iraq (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The country is sliding into a civil war, but this reality is overlooked by the U.S. despite heavy casualties in sectarian violence.
- Abolishing Secret Us Prisons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
Although it is unlikely that the US will pay heed to the UN Human Rights Committee’s call to close down all secret detention centres associated with the war on terror, independent reports confirm . . .
- Lessons Of A Failed Intervention (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
On a midsummer’s day 50 years ago, the new president of Egypt was scheduled to make a speech in Alexandria.
- Decline In Rights Violations: Azad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said the graph of rights violations has registered a decline.
- Qana Massacre Blowback Will Hurt Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 01, 2006)
The world is outraged by what Israel did on Sunday but helpless to do anything about it. Sixty people were killed, at least 37 of them children, in an Israeli air raid on the Lebanese village of Qana, the biggest incident of ruthless murder of . . .
- Picture Of Indifference And Neglect (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
I am in Tamenglong, up in the hills in Manipur. An idyllic setting.
- Trigger-Happy Pros (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
It was obviously a mistake, this business about a militant “neutralised” in Jammu and Kashmir being a Pakistan army major operating in mufti. Still, it projected the Indian army poorly in a situation where its public image has ever been patchy.
- Force-Feeding Mallika To Gujarat Won't Do (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 01, 2006)
The Centre and the Gujarat Government are headed for a major confrontation on the Planning Commission's controversial decision to allot a Rs 10 crore pilot project to noted dancer Mallika Sarabhai for making a series of Gujarat-centric documentaries . . .
- Mother Gets 40-Yr Jail For Raping Kids (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
A woman who molested, at least, one of her five children and prompted four of them to have sex with each other has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
- Education For Women: Role Of Open Universities (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
The twentieth century will be known for the movements and consolidation of the agenda of human rights and democracy.
- Qana, Deadly Deja Vu (Times of India, Vikas Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Dozens of children have died, hundreds of civilians have perished in an Israeli attack on Lebanon. But all that the global outrage has been able to achieve is an uneasy lull in the hostilities. A ceasefire looks distant, let alone a lasting settlement.
- The Tribes Of War (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 01, 2006)
When the Israeli press, politicians and intellectuals speak with regret about the "Lebanon War," it is usually to say the cost to Israel was too high or to point out that the invasion failed to achieve its objectives.
- Contours Of Modern Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Terrorism leading to a deterioration of the internal security fabric has been the major security challenge to South Asian states for almost two decades.
- Indian Muslims Used As Scapegoats (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Sarwar, Jul 31, 2006)
Recent bomb blasts in Mumbai have been widely condemned by numerous Indian Muslim organizations and leaders, but, regrettably, their voice has gone unheard.
- Treat Strays Well Or Face Stick: Govt Tells Officers (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jul 31, 2006)
Personnel Ministry circular ---- In a major development, the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has struck a powerful blow in favour of humane treatment of stray animals and the effective containment of the country's stray . . .
- Unflinching Faith (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Human birth is portrayed in the scriptures as the acme of evolution. Among the mass of humanity only some develop ardent longing for liberation while the majority fritter away this opportunity to attain liberation.
- 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.
- When Memory Is Selective (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Jul 31, 2006)
Narration of contemporary events and trends by a major player is not an easy task – he may be pilloried for what appear to be overstatements or understatements, may be questioned on points of fact, or may be seen as indulging in self-glorification.
- 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.
- 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.
- Historic Chapter (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 31, 2006)
The seventh anniversary of the "Operation Vijay" has come and gone. A grateful nation has paid homage to its martyrs ---- quite a few of them young Army officers --- who had laid down their lives to repulse an audacious Pakistani intrusion in the . . .
- Centre Reopens Channels Of Communication With Hurriyat Leaders (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 31, 2006)
Ashok Bhan holds separate meetings with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Shah
- Perils Of Alienating Honest Tax Payers (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jul 31, 2006)
Consider this. When Osama Bin Laden’s crack suicide team brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Centre, President George W. Bush urged people to go about their business as usual. He asked people to ‘resume shopping, do you business, get . . .
- Israeli Air Blitz Kills 25 Lebanese Children (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Fifty-one people were killed, half of them children, in an Israeli air blitz on the Lebanese village of Qana on Sunday, triggering outrage around the world and warnings of retribution for Israel’s "war crime". The police said the death toll was at . . .
- No Lolita This (OutLook, SABA NAQVI BHAUMIK, Jul 31, 2006)
The Nobel Peace prize-winner's memoirs skilfully weave her personal history with the cataclysmic events that have shaped her country.
- More Than Just Changing Laws (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 31, 2006)
The recent assurance by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to a delegation of women members of parliament that laws relating to women will be amended to bring them in line with the needs of justice and equality seems well-intentioned but makes one think . . .
- Lebanon Cancels Condoleezza Rice Visit (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 65 people, including at least 34 children, in a southern Lebanese village Sunday, the Lebanese Red Cross said.
- Not A Terror Story, Just Tabloid Tv (Indian Express, Saul Hudson , Jul 30, 2006)
Some guys much older than Prince — remember that kid from Haryana — also fell into a hole this week.
- Ltte Vs Unicef (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 30, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is listed as a terrorist or unlawful organisation in several countries.
- How Best To Reform The Police (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jul 30, 2006)
Addressing a conference of state chief secretaries, the Prime Minister said, “…You will have to empower your police forces to be able to discharge their functions at higher levels of efficiency.
- Baig Seeks J&k's Representation In Sc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Quoting the saying of George Eliot "that Justice is like the kingdom of God it is not without us as a fact it is within us a great yearning", the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the process of law is constantly challenged by developments . . .
- Sri Lankan Minister Thanks India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
"The affection, cooperation and friendliness... would never be lost in the memory of our Government and our people"
- Role Of Intelligence Agencies (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 30, 2006)
The “agencies” may be doing some good work of which little is known beyond their own walls, but they have gained notoriety for messing up the country’s political system, and for gross violations of human rights.
- Special Economic Zone For Leather Products In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Tatas to invest Rs.100 crore, says Union Minister
- Ulfa Leaders May Be Freed (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jul 30, 2006)
Release may come about in August if ULFA accepts direct talks
The militant outfit wants five of its top leaders jailed in Guwahati released as a precondition for talks
Government could release the leaders and keep them "under watch" till direct talks
- Want To Buy A Fake Vacation? (Deccan Herald, KIM MURPHY, Jul 29, 2006)
Want to buy a degree or purebred alley cat? Anything’s possible, as long as you don’t care if it’s real....
- Snakes In The Grass Are Okay; Pythons In The Post Are Not! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 29, 2006)
Foreigners love to write about India as a country where skyscrapers abut jhopdis and where the rural poor squat on either side of railway tracks to do the big job every morning.
- New Lease Of Life At Last For Priyadarshini Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
CBI appeal against acquittal of rape and murder accused admitted by High Court after 6 years
- 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 . .
- 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.
- Bpo Employee Confesses Murder » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
A city-based call centre employee was on Thursday arrested in connection with the sensational murder of his 25-year-old woman colleague after he confessed to it, a senior police official said.
- Woman Bpo Staff Murdered In Bangalore » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Police suspect foul play in the murder of a woman call centre employee whose body was found with multiple stab wounds on the Bangalore-Mangalore national highway 200 km from Wednesday.
- Safe Streets Needed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Crime against women has been going up in the City
Crime against women has been going up in the City
The murder of a woman employed in a call centre in Bangalore comes amidst a surge in crimes being committed against women.
- Not A Terror Story, Just Tabloid Tv (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 29, 2006)
Some guys much older than Prince — remember that kid from Haryana — also fell into a hole this week. Although they too were on TV, summoning help for them seemed out of question.
- Hc Puts Mattoo Case On Fast Track (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today admitted a CBI plea for the early hearing of the appeal in the sensational Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case.
- Pak Major Killed In Infiltration Bid, Army Hqrs Deny (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
In a clear evidence of Islamabad’s support to cross-border infiltration, a Pakistani Major was killed along with two terrorists when Indian Security forces foiled an intrusion bid at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
- What Ails Peace In The Middle-East (Daily Excelsior, Predhuman K. Joseph Dhar, Jul 29, 2006)
Middle East is again on fire The Arabs and the Israelites are holding on to their respective stands and are, therefore, in no mood to come to a negotiated settlement to the vexed problem. World peace is at stake. There is no doubt about that.
- Un Asks Us To Shut Down Secret Detention Facilities (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The US should immediately shut down any secret detention facilities and grant prompt access to the Red Cross to any person detained in connection with an armed conflict, a UN rights panel said in a report released on Friday.
- Legalising The Illegal (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Jul 28, 2006)
It is learnt that the Government of India is debating the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of prostitution. Some feminine groups as well as human rights activists are aggressively campaigning for legalisation of prostitution.
- Mole On The Nose (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 28, 2006)
Jaswant Singh is a gentleman fallen among politicians. We have been waiting for his memoirs ever since a south-east Asian summit when the post-banquet entertainment took the form of a skit that was a witty take-off of Lewis Carroll’s “You are Old . . .
- Fill The Vacancies In The Courts (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 28, 2006)
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan, has breathed new life into the apex court by exercising its dormant suo motu powers to redress wrong and dispense justice.
- 25-Yr-Old Woman Naxal Commander In Police Net (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Jul 28, 2006)
In a major success, the Jharkhand Police have arrested Phul Kumari, alias Phulo, the 25-year-old chief of the CPI(Maoist)’s women’s wing in Chhattisgarh.
- Sri Lanka Launches Air Strikes In North, East (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 28, 2006)
The target is an illegal airstrip under construction by the LTTE
- By The Wayside (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2006)
It is always the weakest link that ultimately makes nonsense of the most impressive enterprises.
- Horrifying Tale Of Sepoy Maqbool. (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 28, 2006)
After braving forty years of torture and cruelties at the hands of Indian forces, Sepoy Maqbool Hussain is finally back home but with paralyzed body and a cut tongue.
- War On Media (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
The recent attacks on Arabic television channels namely: Al-Jazeera and Al Arabia, Al Manar and LBC in Lebanon [July 23] stems from the Tel Aviv attempts to muzzle press freedom in order to suppress media reports about growing public resistance . . .
- The Biggest Threat (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 28, 2006)
In the dominant political culture of India, citizens are encouraged to treat terrorism as an unavoidable feature of modern existence and undertake no independent initiatives to counter it.
- ‘This Secret Will Perish Along With Me’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Tell me of your experience in dealing with (Bill) Clinton.
- Why Farming Has Become Unviable (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jul 27, 2006)
Falling profitability of farming operations, the drying up of non-farming opportunities and the growing fragmentation of landholdings all make agriculture a losing proposition. Three-fourths of Indian farmers take home less than Rs 3,000 a month . . .
- The Irreligious Custodians (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 27, 2006)
The scandal involving the chief priest of Ayyappa temple underscores the need for religion to break free from priestly stranglehold, says Anuradha Dutt
- 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.
- More On ‘That Shameful Chapter’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 27, 2006)
The Organiser’s editorial this week, just as last week, is on the challenge posed by terrorism to the country. But while the UPA government’s ‘‘soft line’’ continues to be targeted, the editorial subtly attacks the BJP leadership as well.
- The World Needs A More Democratic Un (Deccan Herald, Kumi Naidoo, Jul 27, 2006)
In its present form the UN is ill-equipped to advance humanity’s best interests.
- Manmohan To Make Statement On Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
No decision on dates to discuss nuclear deal
Mumbai blasts, terrorism to be discussed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday
"Office of profit" Bill in Upper House on Thursday
Manmohan to make statement in both Houses on nuclear deal .
- Under Upa, Terror Has Broken All Records: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
A spirited attack on the Government's "failure" to combat terrorism left the treasury benches fumbling for words in Lok Sabha on Tuesday during a marathon six-hour debate on a BJP-sponsored adjournment motion.
- Jaw-Jaw Better Than War-War (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 26, 2006)
I am somewhat worried by the lack of out-of-box thinking within the Indian and Pakistani media.
- Custodial Death Of Financier Alleged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Police official suspended; MIM activists, others stage rally
- Relatives' Long Wait For Naxal Bodies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Court orders post-mortem of bodies in Guntur hospital; 7 out of 8 victims identified .
- Top U.S. Lawyers Attack Bush's Legal Exceptions (Hindu, Julian Borger , Jul 26, 2006)
The American Bar Association accuses the President of using "signing statements" to create unconstitutional loopholes to laws passed by Congress.
- Quit Or Challenge Jaswant, Congress Tells Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
The Congress has asked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi either to resign or "challenge" the former Union Minister Jaswant Singh for his critical comments on his Government's handling of the 2002 communal riots.
- Govt’S No To Pota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
With the government rejecting the Opposition demand for revival of POTA to deal with terrorism, the adjournment motion on Mumbai blasts was defeated by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha as the BJP-led NDA staged a walkout.
- 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 . . .
- Managing Diversity (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jul 26, 2006)
As Bombay recovers from the latest terrorist attacks, as London continues to tackle with the fallout caused by 7/7, and as West European democracies grapple with real or imagined problems caused by their diverse peoples, some 14 per cent of whom . . .
- 'Us Firms To Boycott Indian Leather' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
US retail giant Liz Claiborne has decided against using Indian leather because of the cruel treatment meted out to animals en route slaughter houses in the country, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said on Tuesday.
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