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Articles 4121 through 4220 of 8510:
- Kashmir Issue Needs 'Substantive Dispute Resolution': Aziz (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 22, 2006)
Stressing that New Delhi and Islamabad must move beyond simple confidence-building measures to "substantive dispute resolution," Pakistan has asserted that the Kashmir issue must be settled for South Asia to achieve "sustainable peace."
- Gas As Russia’S Political Tool (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Recent freezing weather conditions in Russia are sending shivers down the spines of many European policymakers as governments across the continent become increasingly aware of Europe’s dependency on Russian gas supplies.
- Hundreds Arrested In Nepal Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Demanding removal of King Gyanendra and restoration of democracy, activists clash with police
- Ulfa Kills Trader, Blows Up Gas Pipeline (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 22, 2006)
Offshore oil security committee reviews security measures
Suspected ULFA militants blew up a gas pipeline late on Friday night and shot dead a grocery shop owner on Saturday in two places under Sonari police station of upper Assam's Sivasagar district.
- Bihar-Born Girl Is Us Attorney (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
If Sabita Singh is walking tall, she has reasons to do so. Appointed as the US Attorney by the Department of Justice, she is one of the few Bihar-born girls who has brought laurels to her state.
- Regulate Bt Crops Strictly (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2006)
It may not exactly be a revolution in the strict sense of the term, but 10 years of commercial cultivation of genetically-modified crops has, without doubt, brought about notable changes in agriculture worldwide. Rising output, . . .
- A Second Earth Needed To Sustain India And China (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2006)
Do you know that India and China have as much population as that of "the next 20 largest countries combined"? Or that "some 80 per cent of the companies in Wal-Mart's database of suppliers are now Chinese"? China and India are the focus of State . . .
- Maoists Warn Congress Leaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The CPI(Maoist) has asked district Congress leaders to boycott the Congress plenary scheduled to begin on Saturday in Hyderabad, a wall poster with this message was found on Friday at Chitlamkunta village in Amrabad mandal.
- Garbled Sentence (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Death sentence debates find no fence-sitters. Either one agrees that the State has the right to take away the life of persons who commit heinous crimes, or one doesn’t.
- Assam: Panic Over Ulfa Notice To Ongc (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 21, 2006)
Alarm bells sounded in Assam recently on the eve of Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to the state over a Rs 500 crore notice the ULFA has slapped on ONGC.
- Maoists Attack Kills 4 Cops (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Maoist rebels attacked a security checkpoint in west Nepal today, killing four policemen and injuring four others, Radio Nepal said.
- A New Kind Of Leader (Indian Express, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 21, 2006)
In Liberia, Germany and Chile, women didn’t pick up the standard of a murdered father or husband
- New Year Resolve: One Step At A Time (The Economic Times, V B N RAM, Jan 21, 2006)
As we enter each new year we willy-nilly get caught in a web of thoughts. The God-believing among us invoke His blessings so that the new year and those to follow should be bereft of all the sorrow, suffering, strife and unhappiness the years . . .
- Old Enemy, Older Friend (Daily Excelsior, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 21, 2006)
In a lifetime as a cricket fan, my most depressing experience was watching the World Cup quarter-final played between India and Pakistan in Bangalore in March 1996.
- Over 450 Political Activists Arrested In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 21, 2006)
More than 450 political activists, including top leaders, were arrested in Nepal and authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the capital Kathmandu to prevent a seven-party pro-democracy alliance from organising a massive anti-King rally today.
- Nepal Worries The World (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
As King Gyanendra’s government imposed a day-long curfew in Kathmandu Valley today and arrested nearly 600 people to prevent a protest rally by opposition parties, global concern began mounting, with UN secretary-general Mr Kofi Annan, the European Union,
- India Wishes Democracy In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Krishna Pradhan, Jan 21, 2006)
The Indian ambassador to Nepal, Mr. Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, is in Delhi for consultations as the situation in the Himalayan Kingdom deteriorates day by day, and the Maoist violence against the government has increased and rallies . . .
- ‘The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar To Paisley’: A Many Splendoured Thing (Daily Times, Mariam Mushtaq, Jan 21, 2006)
Sherry Rehman, politician cum author, holds Lahoris spellbound
Friday evening was one of those rare occasions in Lahore when the intelligentsia and the glitterati of the city came together under one roof.
- Back To Realism? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 21, 2006)
The National Conference's initial euphoria over the change of Chief Minister in the State is gradually fading.
- Ulfa Asks Ongc To Pay Up Rs 500 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Security in and around the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Assam Asset headquarters at Najira in Sivasagar district has been beefed up, after the outlawed ULFA confirmed that it indeed asked the PSU to pay up Rs 500 crore.
- Latin America Veers Left (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 20, 2006)
The election of Michelle Bachelet as President of Chile is another important milestone in the advance of the Left in Latin American politics.
- Scrutiny Scuffles (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 20, 2006)
The E Sreedharan committee report which downgraded the Reliance Energy-ASA bid, thereby eliminating it from the race for the Delhi/Mumbai airports modernisation contract, created quite a furore at the empowered group of ministers’ last meeting.
- Afghanistan: Qanooni's Moment Of Triumph (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jan 20, 2006)
With Yunus Qanooni's election as Parliament Speaker, a complex calculus of power is forming. Though they are seen as rivals, Mr. Qanooni's political platform is far from irreconcilable with that of President Hamid Karzai.
- King’S Iron Fist Comes Day Before Democracy March (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 20, 2006)
In a pre-dawn crackdown that’s continuing, security forces, working on instructions from King Gyanendra, have rounded up more than 50 leaders belonging to seven pro-democracy parties along with top human rights and civil liberty advocates . . .
- Delhi Raps Nepal King (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government on Thursday rapped King Gyanendra over his latest move to further curb political activity in the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Behind Every Memsahib Is A Bai (Indian Express, FARAH WARIA, Jan 20, 2006)
When it comes to the rights of domestic help, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Unless, of course, we prefer to serve it ourselves
- Why Iranians Don’T Smile (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 20, 2006)
Iran is in the news again, and for reasons that don’t bring much cheer to the world. Sudheendra Kulkarni looks to a new book—Christopher de Bellaigue’s In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs—for some insights into why grieving seems to be the leitmotif . . .
- Nepal Imposes Curfew Ahead Of Anti-King Rally (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 20, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government said it would impose a curfew on Friday after seven political parties said they would defy a ban on protests and organise a rally against the king in the capital.
- Necessary? Is It? Who Says So? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 20, 2006)
There is "a theory of necessary noises" that is always at work in our State's politics.
- India Voices 'Grave Concern' Over Nepal Crackdown (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
As Nepal's royal government launched a crackdown on political leaders and activists ahead of tomorrow's anti-King rally, India today voiced "grave concern" over the developments.
- Remember Dabhol? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 20, 2006)
A gentleman, whose identity better remain undisclosed, had spent a term in one of the houses of parliament.
- Warrantless Wiretappings (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Jan 20, 2006)
In his fight against global terrorism, President Bush invaded and captured Iraq in what was an outrageously illegal and immoral war. Driven by his unbridled machismo,
- A Dismal Rights Record (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
No country has been spared by the New York-based Human Rights Watch in its annual report for 2005 on human rights abuses across the globe. South Asia finds notable mention in the report, with Pakistan’s dismal record also coming under scrutiny.
- After The Makkah Summit (Dawn, Mahdi Masud, Jan 20, 2006)
Hasnain Heikal described summitry as the “Arab world’s principal political instrument. Like a political Trabant, it produces noise and hot air, but only the most lethargic motion.”
- Panchayat Comes To Rescue Of Girl (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
On Thursday the couple was produced in court and their statements of willful marriage were recorded.
- India Condemns Nepal Crackdown (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India on Thursday condemned a crackdown on political and human rights activists in neighbouring Nepal, saying the actions of the royalist government were ‘regrettable and a matter of grave concern’.
- Ngos On The Chopping Block (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 20, 2006)
The Sindh government’s move to check the mushroom growth of NGOs will be viewed with mixed reactions.
- Indian Human Rights Record Faulted By Hrw (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 20, 2006)
Human Rights Watch has accused the Indian military, paramilitary and police forces of having engaged in “serious human rights abuses in conflict zones”, while pointing out that as yet there have been “no attempts at transparent investigations or . . .
- Left Turn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet is the first woman president of male-dominated Chile
- Nepal Under Siege; Oppn Leaders Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
There was fear phone lines would be disconnected again on Friday and the government would impose day curfew to avert the Opposition rally at any cost.
- A Visit Best Avoided (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2006)
Bush’s diminishing popularity and cultural boorishness have raised questions about the necessity of his visit
- Musharraf Refutes Rights Violation Allegations (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Jan 19, 2006)
Refuting allegations of human rights violations in South West Balochistan by Pakistani security forces, President Pervez Musharraf tonight said the “saboteurs” are being helped by “people from outside Pakistan” and they would be dealt with accordingly.
- The Challenge Of Curbing Child Marriage (Hindu, Poornima Advani , Jan 19, 2006)
A more comprehensive law and better enforcement are key to checking child marriage. Compulsory registration of all marriages will also help.
- Anti-Globalisation Initiatives Multiply (Deccan Herald, Candido Grzybowski, Jan 19, 2006)
The WSF is now a point of reference for the world political landscape
Many, even within the anti-globalisation movement, have claimed that it is running out of steam, particularly its flagship event, the World Social Forum. Yet here we are, brimming
- Take Serious Note Of Sexual Harassment, Sc Tell States (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The case which came up for hearing was about five years old when several women organisations wrote letters to the apex court about the non-formation of such committees by the government and non-governmental organisations.
- Terrorism Is The Biggest Threat: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Warns of "convergence of terror dealers, conventional criminals"
- Kathmandu Is Now A Curfew City (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Kathmandu city became a curfew city from today with the government of King Gyanendra extending the indefinite curfew it imposed earlier this week from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., hitting night clubs, restaurants, shopping centres and the chain of casinos.
- In The Name Of Democracy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 19, 2006)
The countdown has begun much earlier this year. Various security agencies are out on the roads to check vehicles and frisk the pedestrians. A good number of people have been taken into what the authorities call preventive detention.
- ‘India A Partial Bright Spot For Human Rights In South Asia’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Human Rights Watch(HRW) sees India as a bright spot in its generally bleak assessment of the human rights situation in South Asia.
- Human Rights Dealt A Blow In Asia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Respect for human rights in Asia has been seriously eroded over the past year, with some governments committing the worst abuses, US-based Human Rights Watch reported on Wednesday.
- Human Rights Festival Planned (Hindu, K. SATYAMURTY, Jan 19, 2006)
The Department of Sociology, Christ College, is organising the annual Human Rights and Sambandh Festivals from January 23 to 25.
- Multiple-Feed Bio-Diesel Plant To Be Set Up In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
It will have the capacity to produce ten million litres a year
The proposed plant is an Indo-U.S. venture
It will be able to process a wide variety of feedstock into bio-diesel fuel
- New Delhi Told Balochistan Our Internal Matter: Fo (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Meanwhile talking to a private television channel, Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson Ms Tasneem Aslam has said that Pakistan made it clear upon India that Balochistan was the internal matter of Pakistan and Islamabad will not discuss the . . .
- Welcome Visitors (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Jan 19, 2006)
The Election Commission of India’s team of 19 observers, including the indomitable Mr KJ Rao, have fanned out to as many districts with the express aim of “flushing out all bogus voters from the electoral rolls”.
- Army In "Full Action" In Balochistan, Claims Pak Oppn (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Rejecting President Pervez Musharraf's assertions that only paramilitary forces were conducting operations against nationalist rebels in Balochistan, Pakistan's opposition parties have claimed that the army was in "full action" in the southwestern provinc
- Bihar Held Hostage (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 19, 2006)
Abduction and extortion have become an industry in Bihar and the police and administration do not seem to have any plans to cope with it.
- Gang Wars (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jan 18, 2006)
Is history repeating itself as farce? In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency.
- Kashmir Violence Claims Seven Lives (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suspected militants shot dead two members of a pro-India communist party in occupied Kashmir, while Indian troops killed five militants in two separate gunbattles, police and the army said on Tuesday.
- A Working Mother, At The Head Of A New Chile (Indian Express, Patrick J. McDonnell, Jan 18, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of Chile on Sunday in a historic vote that underscored a leftward drift in the region.
- India Raises Terrorism Issue (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Interference in internal affairs, says Pakistan; wants Kashmir issue addressed
India raises issue of terrorist infrastructure
Seeks agreement on extradition, legal assistance
Presents "non-papers" on border posts, flag meetings
- Threatened Peace (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The politics of violence has a tendency to degenerate into banditry. Their professed political creeds notwithstanding, several insurgent groups in the North-east often function like criminal bands.
- Coming To Terms With A Disturbing Past (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Ordinary Cambodians as well as members of the international community have mixed feelings about the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders beginning this year, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is visiting professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delh
- India, Pak Offer New Military Cbms (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 18, 2006)
Pak says Balochistan refrain can wreck peace process
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan today confronted his Indian counterpart Shyam Saran on New Delhi’s reaction on developments in Balochistan and categorically . . .
- Nepal Parties Vow To Defy Protest Ban (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Nepal's main political parties said on Tuesday they would go ahead with an anti-King rally in Kathmandu despite a ban on protests by the royalist government.
- A Few Good Men (Indian Express, SUBHASH GATADE, Jan 18, 2006)
Remembering Hugh Thompson, who spoke up against the My Lai massacre
- Terrorism, Human Rights, And Development (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jan 17, 2006)
Responses to terrorism ought to be based on a holistic understanding of security, within the human rights and rule of law framework.
- Chile Elects Its First Woman President (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Chile elected socialist Michelle Bachelet to be its first woman president on Sunday, making her only the second woman elected to head a South American state as Latin America cements a shift to the left.
- New Global Human Rights Body In Offing (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jan 17, 2006)
Erring nations have to fear the new global human rights council
With freedom, democracy, and human rights having come to the centre stage the world over, the burning question facing members of the United Nations is how to create . . .
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Nepal Blues (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jan 17, 2006)
All too soon it is back to square one in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The Maoist rebels have announced the end of the (extended) ceasefire unilaterally announced by them four months ago, leading to fears of eruption of violence that has already . . .
- Delhi Blasts Suspect Gunned Down (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
A senior ‘commander’ of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Abu Huzaifa, allegedly involved in the recent serial Delhi blasts, was killed at Khour-Sherabad in Pattan tehsil in north Kashmir.
- Mastermind Behind Delhi Blasts Killed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Said to be one of the brains behind the 2005 serial blasts in Delhi, Abu Huzefa alias Abdullah Wahi was shot dead in an encounter with a joint team of Rashtriya Rifles, J&K Police and Delhi Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning.
- Custodial Murders (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Notwithstanding Chief Minister’s promise to put an end to custodial killings, two people have been subjected to extra-judicial execution during the past six days.
- Mini-Vietnam Syndrome (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
Iran to gain as US plans Iraqi withdrawal
AS if by instinct, events are moving towards an era of inevitability in Iraq, the Bush administration having dramatically scaled down its bar for a “victory”.
- A Voice Called Arundhati Roy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy’s turning down of Sahitya Akademi award should not surprise many. She has already denied to be a doll in the hands of those who reward their pets, reject their rivals.
- Exam System Or System Failure? - Ii (Greater Kashmir, MAJID MAQBOOL BHAT, Jan 17, 2006)
Let’s not measure success with marks sheets, there is a world beyond that, writes Majid Maqbool
- Violence Hits Manipur Border Trade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Tension mounts; traders and tourists are not able to move around
Bomb blasts at Namphalong hotels Junta seals off border Combing operations launched but no one is arrested
- Chile Elects Socialist President (Tribune, Patrick J. McDonnell, Jan 17, 2006)
Michielle Bachelet, a socialist who was jailed and went into exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was elected the first female president of this South American nation on Sunday in a historic vote that underscored a leftward drift . . .
- Ulfa Demands Rs 500 Crore From Ongc (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The threat came after the company announced an investment of Rs 3,300 cr in the state.
- Unhealthy State Of Prisons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 17, 2006)
It is no coincidence that some 500 prisoners out of a total of 2,500 kept in the Sialkot district jail should have been found suffering from hepatitis.
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