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- Pm For World Efforts To End Poverty (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Underscoring the pivotal role of the United Nations in advancing global development agenda, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday said the world today has a rare “collective capacity” to end hunger and poverty and realize the promise of universal . . .
- The Eu: The Power Of Weakness (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Jul 04, 2006)
Among the elegant architectural delights of Brussels, the glass and steel headquarters of the European Parliament jars the senses.
- Large Asteroid Whizzes Past, Earth Unharmed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
A huge asteroid whizzed closely and harmlessly by Earth. The asteroid, known as 2004 XP14, skimmed about 269,000 miles (432,820 kilometers) from the planet late Sunday and early on Monday. That's slightly farther away than the moon.
- Easy Packs For Doctors (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 04, 2006)
A World Bank study says half the doctors in Government medical centres prescribe treatments that are harmful ---- It is easy to become a medico with a super speciality in South India.
- Smelling Gunpowder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 04, 2006)
Steady violence unleashed by LTTE is fast shifting into a 'low-intensity' war in Sri Lanka, says Matthew Rosenberg in Batticaloa.
- Israel Rejects Palestinian Ultimatum On Held Corporal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Israel on Monday formally rejected a 24-hour ultimatum set by the captors of an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip who are demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners.
- Ban On The Book Is Deplorable (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
The fear of the word has a hoary history. Plato, the father of philosophy, while discussing the perfect curriculum for the citizens of his republic, argued in favour of banning almost all Greek literature on the pretext that it would have a negative . . .
- All The Greatest Missions Have Crept Spectacularly. This Is No Exception (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
For the past decade or so, whenever there has been any substantial British military deployment, a moment comes when pundits and former generals are invited to worry about the danger of something called “mission creep”.
- Grin And Bear It (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jul 03, 2006)
On July 1, the Russian rouble will become a fully convertible currency, traded under the same rules as dollars, euros, pounds and the yen.
- Us Spoke In Nepal Peace: Maoists (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The US is undermining Nepal’s peace process by warning it could cut aid if Maoist guerrillas join an interim government without giving up their weapons first, the rebels’ chief said.
- Worldwide Revulsion (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 03, 2006)
It is a great pity and a matter of shame that the US is continuing to defy world opinion over the concentration camp it has set up at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba following the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. It has detained there, without trial . . .
- Jagmohan Mundhra (OutLook, Sanjay Suri, Jul 03, 2006)
From erotic thrillers to a film on Sonia Gandhi starring Monica Bellucci—the plot thickens
- Pervez Orders Review Of Islamic Laws (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ordered a review of the Islamic laws in the country and said that 2,000 women prisoners, languishing in jails for a long time without being convicted, should be considered for release in a few weeks.
- Privacy, In Bits And Bytes (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Jul 03, 2006)
Three incidents have happened in the recent past involving cyberspace. An HSBC call centre employee in Bangalore had passed on banking details of some 20 UK based customers to accomplices who siphoned off almost Rs 2 crore.
- Iran Again Rejects Deadline On Nuclear Plan (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran on Sunday again rejected a deadline to respond to an international proposal to end the standoff over its nuclear program, saying it would respond in a month.
- Israel Steps Up Raids In Bid To Free Soldier (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israeli aircraft intensified their attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza early Monday, a day after Israel's prime minister ordered his military to do whatever necessary to pressure militants to free an Israeli soldier captured a week ago.
- New Jersey Educators On Trip To Southern India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
A team of 14 educators, including 11 from North Jersey, is bound for southern India this weekend to begin a month-long study of the region and its interactions with the rest of the world.
- Law, Justice And J&k~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
The invaders failed to take Srinagar solely because they lost their military purpose while indulging in the Rape of Baramula.
- Maoists Told To Stop Extortion, Scrap Courts (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, Jul 03, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal should immediately halt extorting money and scrap their “people’s courts” to maintain the rule of law, the country's Deputy Prime Minister said today.
- A Rambling Read (Hindu, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Jul 02, 2006)
What Mahasweta Devi's Salt did to dramatise the plight of the landless peasant, this complicated cast of characters fails to achieve.
- Haryana Must Rein In Khap Panchayats (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 02, 2006)
The Supreme Court has come down heavily against fatwas issued by Muslim clerics. In a landmark ruling, it directed the Orissa government to give full protection to Nizama Bibi who was forced to live separately from her husband following a fatwa . . .
- Nepal To Ask Un To Monitor Maoist Rebels (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Nepal will ask the United Nations to monitor weapons of Maoist rebels and the army ahead of elections for an assembly to map out the country’s political future, the home minister said on Saturday.
- Nepal To Ask U.N. To Monitor Rebel, Army Arms (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jul 02, 2006)
Nepal will ask the United Nations to monitor weapons of Maoist rebels and the army ahead of elections for an assembly to map out the country's political future, the home minister said on Saturday.
- J&k Sex Case: Dsp Held For Raping Minor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
CBI on Saturday arrested J&K DSP M Yousuf Mir for raping teenaged victim of the J&K sex racket Yasmeen. Mir was picked up on Friday for questioning in connection with the scandal. The chief judicial magistrate remanded Yousuf to four days’ CBI custody.
- To Be Indiacentric (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
Colombo at this time could hardly be seen as an inspirational venue to talk about "a new peace process" between Pakistan and India.
- Journals Of The Footloose (Hindu, Navtej Sarna, Jul 02, 2006)
Yes, he is the best among them, King of the travellers on my bookshelf.
- Making A Beginning (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Jul 02, 2006)
The initial steps for a self-regulatory mechanism for TV broadcasters have been taken. Whether it will amount to anything is anybody's guess.
- Holy Aura (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 02, 2006)
Awe-inspiring art, architecture and experiences in the world's smallest country.
The image of Michelangelo on his custom-built scaffolding furiously painting lying on his back stuck in my mind.
- Stop Police! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 02, 2006)
This is at the risk of sounding like a stuck record: something must be done, urgently, to ensure that those entrusted with maintaining law and order are not allowed to be outside the purview of the law.
- Nation-Wide `Drive Against Bribe' Campaign Kicks Off In Pink City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Assistance centre set up to help common man while dealing with Government
- Us Supreme Court’S Verdict (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 02, 2006)
Now that the US supreme court has ruled that the military tribunals at Guantanamo are illegal under both American law and the Geneva Conventions, it makes sense to close down the notorious detention centre for suspected Islamic militants, and . . .
- Karachi Police Under Threat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 02, 2006)
That the police who are meant to provide security are, instead, being targeted in a spate of killings just goes to show how fragile the law and order situation in Karachi is.
- Hc Pulls Up Govt After Petition On Cpm Terror In Jail (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 02, 2006)
Central jail: Court takes suo motu notice after inmate writes to the Chief Justice, complaining of torture by partymen
- Weepy Sings A New Tune (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Jul 02, 2006)
Some politicians aspire to be development icons - Vikas Purush, in case you remember the expression -others to be demagogues and still others to be dictators.
- Fear Returns (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jul 02, 2006)
After a brief lull, cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is returning to its old level.
- Top Priority For Photo Rolls: Gopalaswami (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Commission's credibility has gone up after Assembly elections
"Right to recall" a tough exercise
Fix ceiling to curb money power
- Prime Minister’S Heart Bleeds For Farmers’ Kin (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 01, 2006)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stepped into Vidarbha for his two-day visit to the suicide zone of Vidarbha, reports about at least nine farmers committing suicides in the past 48 hours greeted him.
- Prosecuting Writers In Turkey (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 01, 2006)
It has happened again. Close on the heels of the trial of Orhan Pamuk, the celebrated Turkish writer, another writer, Perihan Magden, is standing trial in Istanbul for "alienating people from military service."
- Common Man’S Faith Is Our Strength: Justice Sabharwal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 01, 2006)
Chief Justice of India Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal led a 60-member delegation of Indian judges and senior lawyers to the 72nd Biennial Conference of the International Law Association at Toronto, Canada, very recently.
- Pak Journalists Terrorised (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jul 01, 2006)
On June 23 the Dawn of Karachi said in an editorial "…journalism is becoming an increasingly hazardous profession in Pakistan."
- The Valley Sulkers (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jul 01, 2006)
Ten days spent in the valley, after an eight-month gap, brought me up against a new phenomenon which I would call the "great sulk" of urban Kashmiri Muslims.
- Salwa Judum: Not A Path Of Peace (The Economic Times, Nandini Sundar, Jul 01, 2006)
On June 4, the Chhattisgarh government celebrated the first anniversary of Salwa Judum, the officially-sponsored anti-insurgency campaign against Naxalites in Dantewada district. Officially, the campaign is a spontaneous, self-initiated people’s movement
- A Victory For Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 01, 2006)
After September 11, 2001, the Bush administration chose to set aside the standing legal procedures and treaties for fighting this country’s enemies and make up rules of its own
- Guantanamo Ruling (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 01, 2006)
The US Supreme Court needs to be lauded for its ruling on Thursday that military tribunals established by Washington to try detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility are illegal.
- Supreme Ruling Or Not, Guantanamo Won't Go (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Behind coils of razor wire and fortified guard posts, private contractors are finishing a $30 million concrete-and-steel prison wing to replace the steel-mesh cells that have held hundreds of suspects for up to four years.
- China Migration, Not Rail Link, Worries Tibetans (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
An American Tibetan activist protested China’s imminent inauguration of a new railway line into Tibet by clambering atop the façade of Beijing’s central railway station and unfurling a banner that read “China’s Tibet Railway: Designed to Destroy”.
- Hc Pulls Up Govt After Petition On Cpm Terror In Jail (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 01, 2006)
Central jail: Court takes suo motu notice after inmate writes to the Chief Justice, complaining of torture by partymen
- N-Bill: What Happens Next In The Us Congress (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
The headline of the hour is the India-United States agreement for civilian nuclear cooperation passing the House International Relations Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee by thumping margins.
- Stop Police! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 01, 2006)
This is at the risk of sounding like a stuck record: something must be done, urgently, to ensure that those entrusted with maintaining law and order are not allowed to be outside the purview of the law.
- Election Commission Not Under Focus In Chawla Case: Cec (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Jul 01, 2006)
Drawing a fine distinction between the ‘‘individual’’ and ‘‘institution’’, Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami who took charge today said the credibility of the Election Commission had in no way been affected despite the Opposition’s case . . .
- Did Singapore Open Cm’S Eyes? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 01, 2006)
It was good to see H D Kumaraswamy undertaking his first foreign tours after becoming chief minister to Dubai and Singapore, the two most successful city-states in the East, at a time when infrastructure development has become the key mantra to . . .
- Us Supreme Court Declares Guantanamo Trials Illegal (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jun 30, 2006)
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President George W. Bush had overstepped his authority in creating military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.
- Close Guantanamo? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 30, 2006)
The military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has become the focus of global protests against US human rights violations during the war on terrorism.
- Tandon Suggests New Mechanism For Appointment Of Election . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Says committee headed by Prime Minister could lay down procedure
No need to make Election Commission a five-member body
No consensus among political parties on state funding of elections
- Welcome Action On Jirgas (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 30, 2006)
The suspension by the Supreme Court of an order by a jirga in upper Sindh to hand over five minor girls of a clan to a rival family to settle a long-running feud is timely because the court has unequivocally spoken out against those who want to take . . .
- President Stresses Economic Diplomacy (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jun 30, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday asked Pakistani envoys to proactively pursue economic diplomacy, highlight Pakistan’s geo-political location in the region and project the positive developments of the country.
- Us, Japan Agree To ‘Pressure’ N. Korea: Bush, Koizumi Hold Summit (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Thursday that he and US President George Bush had agreed to impose unspecified ‘pressures’ on North Korea if it launches a long-range missile.
- Affirmative Action In The Us: The Simmering Debate (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Jun 30, 2006)
The affirmative action concept, which has for long triggered a debate in the US, requires positive steps to be taken to provide equal employment opportunity.
- Mulling Over Mittal (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 30, 2006)
For reasons that have as much to do with ethnicity as with national pride, Lakshmi Mittal’s doughty success in effecting the merger of the Luxembourg-registered Arcelor SA with his Mittal Steel has been widely celebrated in India.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue To Change Gears (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Pakistan and India are set to change gears to make the composite dialogue process more result oriented, top officials said.
- Michael Vatikiotis: India Coddles Its Despotic Neighbors (International Herald Tribune, Michael Vatikiotis , Jun 30, 2006)
Isn't it time that the world's largest democracy started behaving like one? Much as India deserves plaudits for ensuring that more than a billion people enjoy the rights and liberty that democracy endows, it could surely do more to promote these . . .
- Ltte’S Turnaround (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 30, 2006)
The security of Sri Lankan Tamils is eventually what needs to be ensured as a first step towards a deal
- How The West Lost A Friend In Moscow (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 30, 2006)
Persistent Western criticism of Russia and America's role in the unrest in its neighbourhood appear to be testing the patience of even pro-western Russian leaders. Now Mikhail Gorbachev tells Washington and London to keep their hands off Russia.
- Time To Call Off The Salwa Judum (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 30, 2006)
It is the state’s primary duty to protect its citizens. Instead, innocent tribals are displaced from their homes to be pitted against the sophisticated Naxal army
- Killer Cops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 30, 2006)
Despite widespread condemnation and even stinging court injunctions, the menace of custodial deaths holds forth regardless.
- China Detains Vice Governor For Graft (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
China has detained a vice Governor of the eastern province of Anhui for taking bribes, close on the heels of the sacking of a vice mayor of Beijing on similar grounds, a Hong Kong-based watchdog today said.
- Farewell To Arms (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 30, 2006)
Five years after adopting a UN Programme of Action to tackle illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW), representatives of governments and civil society are meeting in Geneva to assess the progress.
- Stop Police! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 30, 2006)
This is at the risk of sounding like a stuck record: something must be done, urgently, to ensure that those entrusted with maintaining law and order are not allowed to be outside the purview of the law.
- Peace Process At Risk (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 30, 2006)
No one, except those with eyes widely shut, can fail to be alarmed at the sudden and sustained spurt in the acts of terror in Jammu and Kashmir. Not a day passes when the merchants of hate and death do not lob grenades at the security forces or . . .
- Brother Killed For Resisting Sister Kidnap (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
A 17-year-old boy was shot dead in a Murshidabad village last night when he lunged at one of the goons dragging away his sisters from home.
- Brother And Sister (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
in the Missionghat area of Malda, Swapan Haldar throttled to death his sister, Bhashani, before the family. Two days later, the stench made neighbours inform the police.
- There Is No Honour In Killing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
I have always believed in advocacy as a tool to solve problems that afflict our society.
- Honourable Fight (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
The year is 1994, and Shahnaz Bokhari, a clinical psychologist in Pakistan with a zeal for social reform, arrives at a hospital to see Zainab Nur.
- Pictures Of Sacrifice (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jun 29, 2006)
The recent student violence in two universities here (sparked off by false promises about university affiliation and power cuts during World Cup matches), has set off comparisons with the Tiananmen Square movement of 1989 — but only among foreign . . .
- 'Gitmo Inmates Waging Jehad Against Us' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Guantanamo Bay detainees are staging suicide attempts and hunger strikes to undermine American policy in the war on terror, a senior US military official said, calling the acts a 'jehad' against the United States.
- Towards The Endgame In Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 29, 2006)
The sooner a U.N. mission is in place to monitor the arms of the Nepal Army and Maoist PLA, the smoother will be the transition towards an interim government and Constituent Assembly elections.
- Struggle And Strife (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2006)
Of all the conversations I had in Bastar, the one I might remember longest was with a Muria tribal named Hadmo Ram Poyam.
- Dc Asked To Give Report On Cops’ Role (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 29, 2006)
Taking a suo motu notice on the basis of the news, ‘Cops thrash woman in labour, killing baby’, Mr Naranjan Singh, Chairman, Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission (PSSCC) today sought a report from the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar in a week.
- Stem Of Life (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 29, 2006)
By prohibiting reproductive human cloning in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research hasn't exactly taken a revolutionary step.
- Nepal Maoist Leaders Meet Indian Envoy (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 29, 2006)
Key Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai and spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara today called on Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee as part of Maoist efforts to convince the international community about their “seriousness” in the peace process.
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