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Articles 4521 through 4620 of 8510:
- Seeking Alien Interference (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
IT is a cliché to say that Pakistanis do not learn from history. But on Friday the Alliance for the Restoration Democracy decided to appeal to “western democratic forces” to “stop” the Pakistan government from using force in Balochistan.
- Ltte Asked To Ensure Peace (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 25, 2005)
We are helpless over the escalated violence, say the Tigers
Top representatives of the international community backing the Sri Lankan peace process on Saturday expressed concern to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) over the escalation of violen
- Hope In The Heart Of Darkness (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Black can be the colour of hope,creativity and celebration of human resilience, finds Ranjita Biswas as she spends time with Blind Opera, a theatre group of the visually challenged in Kolkata.
- Can Women Ever Be Safe? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 25, 2005)
A young reader reacts to the murder of a BPO employee in Bangalore recently.
- A Healing Touch (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Two senior monks of the Ramakrishna Order hung a portrait of Mother Sarada in the West Bengal Assembly recently in the presence of legislators from all parties. It was noticed by only a few. But was it a minor event in a House that has seen political....
- Supreme Irony (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Just guns, no roses in North-east
There is something ironic about the word peace in the North-east. “Give peace a chance” is a popular slogan in Nagaland, and yet this state was the first to spawn insurgency.
- Illegal Trade Of Human Organs Expanding In India – A Man Dies After A Quack Surgeon Steals His Kidneys In Eastern India (Indian Express, Harish Baliga, Dec 25, 2005)
Government of India is silent on the biggest human rights abuse and exploitation in India. Human organs from living people in India are stolen by doctors illegally and sold to those who need them on a regular basis.
- Seven Militants Gunned Down In J&k (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Security forces gunned down seven militants in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, an official spokesman said on Saturday.
- Cash For Un Linked To Reforms (Telegraph, Reuters, Dec 25, 2005)
The UN General Assembly, at the insistence of the US and others, adopted an unprecedented budget with a spending cap aimed at pressuring countries into approving reforms within six months.
- Un Votes For Budget; Averts Financial Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The U N General Assembly has passed a budget with an unprecedented spending cap aimed at pressuring countries into approving management and other reforms within six months.
- Nepal: 75 Killed During Three-Month Ceasefire (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
At least 75 people were killed in conflict related incidents in Nepal during the three-month unilateral truce announced by the Maoists in September.
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 25, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more. Everything is to be given a fair share if we are really serious in putting an end to the agony the whole sub-continent is in, comments Justice S
- Task Before Sri Lankan President (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Dec 24, 2005)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse is coming to India a day after the Christmas in his first overseas visit. During his four-day state visit, he will take up the threads of discussions his foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera had . . .
- Ltte Destroys Lankan Naval Craft; 3 Taken Hostage (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
The LTTE destroyed a Sri Lankan naval dinghy and took three sailors hostage in an incident off the Pallimunai coast in the north western district of Mannar on Thursday.
- `Anti-Goonda Law, A Threat To Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Experts warn against potential for misuse
- Measures Needed To Check Cruelty Towards Animals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Is Kerala becoming routinely cruel to animals? Recently a camel, brought from afar, died in captivity, while a crocodile in a pond faced a shoot-to-kill order. Elephants are regular fixtures when it comes to the ill-treatment tab.
- European Arrest Warrants For Cia Agents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
A judge has issued European arrest warrants for 22 purported CIA operatives in connection with the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street in 2003, a prosecutor said on Friday.
- Unsafe Trains (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2005)
Railways must improve passenger safety
The alleged rape of a woman passenger on Pushpak Express by a group of armed men near Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday once again brings to the fore the question of safety of passengers.
- Ltte Blames Sl Army For Civil Unrest (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
The LTTE has asked Norway and the international community to persuade the Sri Lankan government to put its army troops in Jaffna back into their barracks on the grounds that the activities of the troops are responsible for the current civil unrest....
- Rail Menace Roko (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 24, 2005)
There are many things amazing about the Indian Railways, but nothing more disturbingly so than its total disinterest in the safety of its passengers.
- Imperial Assumptions (Dawn, Eugene Robinson, Dec 24, 2005)
IT seems that the Imperial Presidency has been restored.
The nation’s highest office was cut down to constitutional size three decades ago, when Richard Nixon helicoptered out of town, but listening to George W. Bush in his latest come-out-swinging ....
- Ghost Of Christmas Past (Indian Express, GEORGE N. NETTO, Dec 24, 2005)
Memories of childhood Christmases in Munnar in the ’50s always make me nostalgic.
- Three Maoists Surrender (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
OSD ultimatum to persons creating problems for law
- No Illegal Occupation Of Houses By My Kin: Laloo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Railway Minister and RJD supremo Laloo Prasad on Friday described as misleading and vindictive Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi’s charge that his close relatives were “unauthorisedly occupying" 26 government quarters and advised Modi . . .
- Where India Could Score: World Police Games! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 23, 2005)
Given the fact that India’s performance in international sporting events has not been too positive, it may not be out of place to make a suggestion or two for the next World Police Games, scheduled to be held at Hyderabad.
- Amid War Fears, Sri Lanka's North Longs For Autonomy (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Dec 23, 2005)
Watching a fish auction in Sri Lanka's tsunami-battered north, closely watched by troops, ex-London disc jockey Mahendrakumar Visvanathapillai is sick of what he sees as the military occupation of his homeland.
- Parliamentary Panel Urges Firing 10 Mps For Taking Cash (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 23, 2005)
An Indian parliamentary committee on Thursday urged the sacking of 10 members filmed taking cash for putting up questions in parliament, the latest in a series of corruption scandals in the world's largest democracy.
- Lanka Needs Peace Strategy (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Dec 23, 2005)
After killing Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar in August, the LTTE has started targetting the Sri Lankan Security Forces (SLSF). The regime change in Colombo has set off the alarm bells.
- Khaki Taliban (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 23, 2005)
In a bizarre display of police brutality, a Meerut police team stormed into the town's Gandhi Park and physically assaulted couples present there
- Corruption Undermining Democratic Governance (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Dec 23, 2005)
Corruption violates human rights, undermines the rule of law, distorts the development process, and dis-empowers the Indian state. The way forward is to increase the say of civil society in governance issues.
- British Soldiers' Shameful Impunity (Hindu, Phil Shiner, Dec 23, 2005)
The British Government most act over Wednesday's judgement on the torture and killing of Iraqis by British forces.
- Saddam Alleges Torture In Custody (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 23, 2005)
Former Iraqi President calls Bush a liar
- Teach Human Rights In Schools, Says Shivaraj Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
People should be aware of the importance of human rights and prevent violations'
- Sbi To Install 15 More Atms In Madurai Zone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
DGM inaugurates 62nd ATM in Dindigul
State Bank of India would install 15 Automated Teller Machines in Madurai zone comprising 136 branches in nine districts shortly. It would install ATMs at important railway stations, said N. Sadasivam, . . .
- Lathis For Love (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 23, 2005)
The Meerut case was another case of hideous moral policing in this country.
- Chauvinism And Justice (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 23, 2005)
The Calcutta crowd was in an incensed mood. Sourav Ganguly, the erstwhile captain, had been removed from India’s ODI eleven on the ground of consistent lack of form.
- Why Israel Does Not Have A Constitution (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Dec 23, 2005)
Most observers of the Palestinian scene know that Israel does not have a constitution, but few try to know why it has chosen not to have one. The reasons are to be found less in the conflict between the religious right and the liberals and . . .
- Un Questions Effectiveness Of Massacre Inquiry (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A United Nations human rights official on Thursday welcomed an inquiry into the massacre of 11 civilians by a Nepalese army soldier last week, but questioned how effective it would be.
- Rape Of Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
Legal circles are shocked over reports published in a section of the press that preparations are afoot to bring about yet another amendment in the constitution just to benefit the sitting Senators. Feedback suggests that this highly abhorrent plan,
- Saddam Too Has Hr! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, currently facing trial on charges of killing Shiite civilians during his rule, has said that he was beaten and tortured by the Americans. He told the trial court that he was beaten ‘on every part of his body”.
- Letter From India: Bribery So Common, It's A Laughing Matter (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 23, 2005)
Not many people bothered to feign surprise or outrage at India's latest corruption scandal: the exposé of 11 Indian members of Parliament filmed taking bundles of bank notes in payment for asking questions in Parliament.
- India And Pakistan Must Find New Solution To Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Dec 22, 2005)
Speakers at a seminar on the possible solutions to the Kashmir conflict on Wednesday said that militancy was no longer an option in the ongoing freedom movement.
- Focus On The Farm Sector (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Dec 22, 2005)
The Ramachenna Reddy panel report highlights the dangers of neglecting the agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh.
- Literati Too Need Patronage (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a reception in Islamabad on Tuesday to felicitate the Pakistan cricket team on its triumph over touring England team in Test and ODI series. He also announced cash awards of Rs 1 lac for each player in appreciation .. .
- Saddam Hussein Present As Trial Resumes (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 22, 2005)
Witness alleges execution of his brother; security fears keep Ramsey Clark away
- America’S Way To Fight A War (Dawn, John Yoo, Dec 22, 2005)
Iraq seems to have the imperial presidency in retreat. Last week the White House accepted Sen. John McCain’s proposal to prohibit cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of enemy combatants.
- Oic At The Crossroads (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 22, 2005)
The two-day extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded on December 9 in Makkah with a declaration and a 10-year plan of action to revitalize the organization and meet the aspirations of the Ummah.
- The Plot Thickens (Indian Express, NALINI SINGH, Dec 22, 2005)
One afternoon in the early ’70s the phone rang in the manager’s office in Patna’s Pearl cinema, which was reputed to be raking in profits.
- ‘A Big City Cannot Have A Permanent Cure For Organised Crime. The Mumbai Underworld Is Maintaining A Tactical Quiet Now’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2005)
It has already been hailed as the novel of 2006. Sanjukta Sharma caught up with Vikram Chandra to find out a little more about ‘Sacred Games’, his novel about Bombay and its underworld. Excerpts from the interview:
- European Gulags To Fight Terror (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 22, 2005)
Many European countries are said to be fuming with anger over the disclosures that a large number of CIA flights had used their airports to ferry terrorists to ‘unknown’ destinations and the charge that certain European countries had provided ‘facilities’
- Step Into Future (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The re-election of Mr Omar Abdullah as president of the National Conference was never in doubt. It was expected to be a mere formality which it has turned out to be.
- Meerut: Police Action Against Couples In Park Triggers Controversy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The beating up of young couples by women police personnel in a park here snowballed into a major controversy today with scores of students taking to streets in protest and a case being filed in a local court against the errant officials.
- Meerut Police Turn ‘Moral’ Hooligans (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
“Operation Majnu”, purportedly a drive in Meerut against indecency and eve-teasing in public wherein police assaulted young couples in a park on Tuesday in the full glare of TV ....
- More Indian Mps Caught In Tv Bribe Sting (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Seven more Indian MPs have been caught on television asking for cash, hot on the heels of a similar scandal involving parliamentarians earlier this month, Star News TV said on Tuesday.
- Of Politicians Who Crack Mirrors (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 21, 2005)
Another sting operation reveals more of the seamy side of Indian politics. In the US, President Bush's ratings are at an all-time low. And it is perhaps through Harold Pinter's mirror that one can begin to understand how politicians operate with . . .
- Hundred Years Of The Andamans Cellular Jail (Hindu, Ram Kapse, Dec 21, 2005)
It has been a long journey for the Cellular Jail — from a torture machine to a National Memorial, from a dreaded prison to a place of pilgrimage.
- Tsunami Survivors Live In Sub-Standard Conditions - U.N. (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A year after the Indian Ocean tsunami, many survivors still live in "substandard conditions" that fail to meet international criteria for adequate housing, United Nations human rights investigators said.
- Fight Them On The Beaches? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 21, 2005)
Last week, the day after Sydney witnessed some of its worst racial violence in living memory, a woman in the affected suburb answered her doorbell only to find a pair of men, of “Middle Eastern appearance”, wishing to be let in.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Of Unholy Marriages (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Dec 21, 2005)
The wedding season has again started and people are anxious to marry off their daughters and find rich brides for their sons before the onset of summer.
- Confusion At Afghan Assembly Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Afghanistan’s first popularly elected parliament in more than 30 years struggled with the business of government in its first full session on Tuesday, haggling over procedural issues and failing to select leaders.
- Time Frame For Composite Dialogue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 21, 2005)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told her weekly Press briefing that the next round of composite dialogue with India will begin next month. Kashmir and other bilateral issues will be discussed during the talks, . . .
- Grooming Lawyers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2005)
Needed a law varsity in the North
The Punjab Government’s proposal to set up a law university near Chandigarh is most welcome.
- Politicians, Maoists Unite Against Nepal King (Tribune, Naveen S. Grewal, Dec 21, 2005)
There is a clear division as to whose writ runs in Nepal. The state controls cities like Kathmandu, but the Maoists run their own government of sorts in the rural areas.
- Bangalore Gears Up For Women’S Safety (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Dec 21, 2005)
The recent rape and murder of a woman BPO employee by a pick-up driver has exposed just how fragile the foundations of this edifice really are.
- Afghanistan Becomes Democracy After 30 Years (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Democracy D-Day In Kabul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in today members of the first Afghan Parliament in over 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Pak Rejects India's Objection To Reference To Kashmir At Oic (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Rejecting India's objection to the reference of Kashmir issue at the OIC Summit, Pakistan today claimed the grouping of the Islamic countries "is well within its right" to discuss it as it is an "internationally recognised" dispute.
- Omar Raps New Delhi On ‘Fake’ Talks, Calls Congress ‘Mistress Of Mistakes’ (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Dec 20, 2005)
Elected as president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both, militants as well as security forces, allow peace to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed. Describing
- She Must Have A Mahram If She Goes For Hajj - I (Greater Kashmir, Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili, Dec 20, 2005)
Dr Fiaz Maqbool Fazili has some questions and answers about women going for Hajj and Umrah
Who is able enough to go for Hajj?
- President Calls For Project To Map Cancer Genomes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Scientists told to focus on tackling major diseases
Scientists at CSIR achieved a breakthrough by developing a new therapeutic molecule against TB
The number of HIV-infected persons in the State is on the rise, he says
- Indo-Pak Talks On J&k Next Month (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Dec 20, 2005)
Elected as president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both, militants as well as security forces, allow peace to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed. Describing
- The Direction Of Love (Telegraph, Janaki Nair, Dec 20, 2005)
Linguistic nationalisms thrive on chastening women in the name of honour, argues Janaki Nair The author is professor of history, Centre for the Study of Social Sciences, Calcutta
- A Blow Against Torture (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Thanks to a belated White House retreat, Congress is on the verge of taking an important step toward curtailing the systematic human rights violations committed by the Bush administration in its handling of foreign prisoners.
- Afghan Parliament Sworn In (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Warlords, former communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- The Nadir Of Occupation (Hindu, Salim Lone, Dec 20, 2005)
Last week's election does little to heal the wounds that are splitting Iraq up into violent filefdoms.
- Paving The Way For Islamistan (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 20, 2005)
It is time ulemas got rid of their obsolete ideas and accepted ijtehad which was permitted in early Islamic tradition, says Prafull Goradia
- Women At Risk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2005)
The ghastly rape and murder of Pratibha Shrikanth Murthy, a 24-year-old call centre girl employed by HP Global Applications Services in Bangalore, has understandably caused widespread concern, and not only in the city where it occurred.
- Just Won't Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 20, 2005)
Reservations, or affirmative action, are like medicine. In recommended, therapeutic doses they can revive the patient, in this case a society suffering from lack of equality of opportunity.
- Rights Group Reports Afghanistan Torture (New York Times, Carlotta Gall, Dec 19, 2005)
Eight men at the American detention camp in Guantánamo Bay have separately given their lawyers "consistent accounts" of being tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan at various periods from 2002 to 2004, Human Rights Watch, a group based in New York,..
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