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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 8510:
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Abdul Waheed Faruqi, Dec 19, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- Emotional Support Vital For Cancer Cure: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
He says recovery of patients receiving social support better
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said on Sunday that cancer cure should be addressed both physiologically and psychologically.
- Dastardly Act (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2005)
THE rape and murder of a 24-year-old woman employee of a multinational call centre in Bangalore is a dastardly act.
- ‘Cheney Must Explain Afghan Rights Abuses’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
A leading rights group called on Sunday for President Hamid Karzai to press visiting US Vice President Dick Cheney about secret detention centres in Afghanistan and rights abuses by US troops.
- Are We A Nation Of Rapists? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
A policeman and a youth have allegedly raped a maidservant in Jalilabad area of Multan division. Police has registered a case under Hudood Ordinance against ASI Abdul Hameed and youth Waqas Raza. No arrest has, however, been made so far.
- Let Them Have Cars (Indian Express, VEERESH MALIK, Dec 19, 2005)
The rape and murder of a female HP call centre employee in Bangalore brings the 24x7 segment of the infotech industry, the BPO sector, in the spotlight again, in the context of women working night shifts. One view would be that this goes with . . .
- State Of Human Rights (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 19, 2005)
The Karachi chapter of the English Speaking Union of Pakistan was inaugurated over 40 years ago, presumably to further the spread of English. But for some inexplicable reason it ended up as the outdoor relief department of the foreign diplomatic corps.
- Militancy In Bangladesh (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 19, 2005)
Full 34 years ago, the month of December witnessed the bloody death of a state that was to provide a shared homeland at least to the Muslim majority areas of a vast subcontinent.
- Safety First (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 19, 2005)
The brutal rape and murder of a young call centre employee in the City has drawn attention to the inadequate security that is provided to women working the night shift in the BPO industry.
- Major Influences On World Of Numbers (Hindu, KRISHNASWAMI ALLADI, Dec 18, 2005)
December 22 is Srinivasa Ramanujan's 118th birth anniversary. On this occasion, an examination of the contributions of the German mathematician Issai Schur shows connections with Ramanujan's work.
- Salem's Custody Extended Till Jan 3 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A Tada court on Saturday extended the police custody of extradited gangster Abu Salem in the Pradeep Jain murder case after Anti-Terrorist Squad of city police said they needed to investigate whether weapons used in the Jain killing formed part of the....
- India Insults Oic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
India has scornfully rejected the Organisation of Islamic Conference’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir made in the final communique issued at the conclusion of the 3rd Extraordinary Summit of the OIC at Makkah Al-Mukarramah.
- Dowry And Related Evils (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 18, 2005)
A report in an Indian newspaper (November 21) spoke of Daljit Kaur, who jumped to her death from the top floor of a house in Delhi, because her in-laws had been harassing her unceasingly about the inadequacy of the dowry she had brought upon . . .
- Building An Ugly India (Hindustan Times, Gautam Bhatia, Dec 18, 2005)
If you take the subway downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge stop in New York, it is very likely that you’ll be mesmerised by your very first sight out of the subway tunnel.
- Inside A Machiavelli (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Vasudeva, Dec 18, 2005)
The author weaves a stunning tale that like a creeper, keeps growing in imaginative depth.
- Strip(p)ed Bare (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Dec 18, 2005)
Whether a preservationist, conservationist or wildlifer, the consensus is that the tiger needs help. How, is the question? Three books look at it from different angles and draw a picture that merges and stands out.
- India-Us Nuclear Fizzle Out (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 18, 2005)
Since there are no indications to the contrary it is assumed that the US president, George Bush, will visit the sub-continent early next year, most probably towards the end of February. But as the time for his arrival approaches enthusiasm . . .
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 18, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- A New Year Resolution For The Pm (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
One year older, and we should be one year more mature but alas, the endless sillinesses of life in India beset us and envelop us, attach themselves to us like leeches in an unfathomable jungle.
- Legislation: Who Needs Westminster? (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Dec 17, 2005)
THE FORMER Lord Chief Justice of England was thrown into prison. Sir Edward Coke, who had been removed by the English monarch James I in 1616
- Push For Reforms In Maldives (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 17, 2005)
Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed on Friday said his country would seek the advice of an expert from the Commonwealth to "fast-track" the constitutional reforms, which have been delayed on account of "parliamentary procedures."
- India’S Strategic And Cyclical Headwinds (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Dec 17, 2005)
Narendra Singh Sarila, a former ADC to Lord Mountbatten, had written a book about the partition of India.
- The Shrews Commando (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 17, 2005)
Thank God for having given us, scribes on either side of the Indo-Pak border, a man named Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani military ruler-cum-President
- There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Dec 17, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “There’s no way to peace, peace is the way.” Twenty years on and the so-called paradise on earth is still craving for an eternal peace. How many years more!.. Has any body got the answer?
- Top Hm Commander Sangar Pathan Shot Dead In Darhal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Two militants and an Army jawan were killed in an encounter at Gurnuwali dhok in Darhal area of Rajouri district last night. There were reports that one of the slain ultra could be the most wanted militant of Rajouri-Poonch, Sangar Pathan, involved in mor
- Developing Nations Seek Better Deal (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 17, 2005)
For the first time, all developing countries – notwithstanding their size and status – decided to join forces on Friday to adopt common positions, as far as possible, on all key Doha trade issues at the World Trade Organisation’s sixth ministerial meeting
- It Is Time For Indian Oligarchs And Indian Government To Rethink About Making Money By Letting Indian Girls Get Abused Over Phone – And Now Raped And Killed In The Streets! (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 17, 2005)
Indian oligarchs make money exploiting Indian girls in the outsourcing industries.
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- Hurriyat Faction For Removal Of Troops From J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Thursday demanded the complete withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir and PoK.
- "We Have Made A Difference" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 16, 2005)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan is observing 20 years of its struggle for a "just development paradigm" using the Sardar Sarovar dam — that displaces half a million families in four States — as a symbol. In an interview, NBA leaderMedha Patkartalks about . . .
- Release Suu Kyi, Begin Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's frank interaction with his Myanmar counterpart on the need to release the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and move towards "national reconciliation" may be the first categorical statement . . .
- W. Won’T Read This: It Can’T Reach The Bubble That Holds The President (Indian Express, Maureen Dowd, Dec 16, 2005)
Never ask a guy who’s in a bubble if he’s in a bubble. He can’t answer.
- Iran's Economic Irony (Business Line, Gopal Sutar, Dec 16, 2005)
Though Iran's oil wealth has helped build up formidable forex reserves, it has not eased economic difficulties such as unemployment and inflation.
- No Question Is So Difficult To Answer As That To Which The Answer Is Obvious (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 16, 2005)
Voltaire said, "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." But we are helpless spectators of a sordid drama where elected representatives indulge in judging questions by the munificence that came along, rather than by their relevance to the...
- Veerappan's Wife Seeks Compensation For Victims (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Muthulakshmi, wife of slain forest brigand Veerappan, has filed a petition in Madras High Court seeking compensation for the 'victims' of the alleged excesses by the Joint Special Task Force personnel and action against the 'culprits'.
- Third-Degree Methods Hurt Us More Than Them (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 16, 2005)
The entire notion of a civilised society is built on certain basic premises, and perhaps the most critical of them is humanity.
- Justice At Last (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2005)
A criminal getting punished for his black deeds should be a fairly routine happening. But in Gujarat, such “routine” is rather an exception, at least after the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
- Human Rights In Iraq Require Action: Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The United Nations on Wednesday urged the Iraqi government and US-led multinational forces to address human rights violations amid increasing reports of prisoner abuse.
- Portraying Terror On Screen (Greater Kashmir, Inam ul Rehman, Dec 16, 2005)
"Sir, I have information…there are going to be blasts… three days from now.” On March 9, 1993 Gul Mohammed, an ordinary gangster turns himself in at Nav Pada police station, Bombay.
- First Sentence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 16, 2005)
Mob violence has great advantages. The difficulty of fixing culpability for the most horrific actions allows some of the cruellest murderers to go free.
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Un Appeals To Iraqis To Turn Out In Large Numbers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The UN has appealed to the voters in Iraq to turn out in large numbers and exercise their democratic right in a peaceful manner even as it said the human rights situation in the war-ravaged country requires urgent action by the Iraqi Government.
- Flying On The Wings Of Care (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Krishna Kumar first set up Udaan based on her experience in bringing up two children with cerebral palsy. Years later, she still is the creche’s driving force.
- The Technology Of Gifts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
If you are thinking of socks as presents this season, just forget it
- Rampaging Nepalese Soldier Guns Down 12 (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Dec 16, 2005)
A religious fair in Nagarkot, a famed tourist town 32 km east of Kathmandu, turned into a massacre site Wednesday night as 12 people died in a hail of bullets blamed on a rampaging soldier.
- When We Begin To Protect Our Children’S Rights (Indian Express, PRIYA DUTT, Dec 16, 2005)
More than 60 per cent of the country’s population resides in rural India, so the first thing to do is make the villages more liveable in order to control migration to the cities and empower India.
- Leftist Set To Be Bolivia's First Indian President (Christian Science Monitor, Danna Harman, Dec 16, 2005)
Evo Morales is an unorthodox candidate. He's a former IIama herder and coca farmer, and an indigenous Indian with an eighth-grade education. His platform rests on ending Bolivia's 20 years of free-market economic policies, and . . .
- Editor Denied Pak Visa (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 15, 2005)
Violations of an individual’s rights are the worst in the diplomatic field. Officers take upon themselves the responsibility to undo what governments want to achieve. Something like that some Pakistani officers are trying to do.
- Uniting For Progress (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 15, 2005)
THE idea of a real Islamic Commonwealth or common Market has always appealed to Muslims all over the world. Although religion is a common bond among the 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), there are several roadblocks or miss
- Where Is Osama? (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 15, 2005)
IT doesn’t surprise me that George Bush had a plan to bomb the Doha headquarters of the pesky Arabic news channel Al Jazeera back into the desert age. What shocks me is that he hasn’t sent Al Jazeera a thank you note after his re-election last year in Nov
- China Snubs The Us (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Dec 15, 2005)
The US President, George Bush has just concluded his third visit to China since coming to office nearly six years ago. That is as good an indication as how important it is for the US to maintain close friendly relations with China, . . .
- Mps On Sale! (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 15, 2005)
The sensational cash-on camera expose showing 11 MPs - six from the BJP and the rest from the BSP, the Congress and the RJD - taking bribes has stunned the political establishment in the country.
- Violence Against Women (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
The term, 'Violence" against women implies any act of gender based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty occ
- Troops Open Fire In Nepal, Casualties Feared (Hindustan Times, PTI, Dec 15, 2005)
A dozen people were killed and an equal number injured when Nepal's security personnel indiscriminately opened fire at a group of villagers returning from a Hindu festival held near the capital, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) officials said.
- Multiple Assaults (Hindustan Times, Poornima Advani , Dec 15, 2005)
On December 10, the nation observed the International Human Rights Day.
- Singh To India Inc: Gear For Global Level (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 15, 2005)
Warning that tariffs were on their way down, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the Indian industry to to discard its ‘‘fear of the unknown’’ as the country expands its economic dialogue with East Asian economies.
- Modes Of Protest (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Dec 15, 2005)
Violence can be of various dimensions and non-violence demands us to strive higher
- The Technology Of Gifts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
What do you get the man who has everything? A newer version of everything, apparently. With the indulgent season of gift-giving approaching fast, trouble looms around the nation.
- No Talks With Govt, War At Higher Stage: Cpi(maoist) (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 15, 2005)
The CPI(Maoist) has ruled out any kind of negotiation with any state government, saying it would pursue the path of violent retaliation with more vigour. The outfit, for the first time, acknowledged its association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
- Manmohan For Release Of Suu Kyi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
"It is for them to solve their problems"
We favoured national reconciliation Myanmar leader appreciative of suggestion
- Risky Business Of Politics (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Dec 14, 2005)
If the health of a nation is to be measured by what its media presents, then India is ill, says Claude Arpi
- The King Of Hard Times (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 14, 2005)
King Gyanendra returned to Kathmandu on December 2 from a three-week African safari immediately after the Dhaka SAARC summit where he "granted an audience" to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh but nothing came out of even the second meeting between . . .
- Afghanistan Adopts Plan To Deal With Rights Abuses (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
War-scarred Afghanistan has adopted a plan to bring people to account for human rights abuses in almost 25 years of brutal conflict and to promote reconciliation, officials said Tuesday.
- In The Absence Of Right To Information (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 14, 2005)
Our members of Parliament actually touch money with their hands!
- Scourge Of Bonded Labour (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 14, 2005)
MOST of us erroneously believe that slavery has never existed in Pakistan and bonded labour ended 13 years ago when the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 was adopted by the National Assembly. But the fact is that this law abolished bonded labour
- Losing The War Against Errors (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 14, 2005)
This is how “extraordinary rendition” appears to operate. A suspect is pounced upon by US agents or local proxies, and interrogated.
- "Fight Terrorism, But Be Mindful Of Human Rights" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 14, 2005)
A.S. Anand, Chief Justice of India between October 1998 and November 2001, became Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission in February 2003. In an interview, Mr. Anand spoke on a range of subjects including terrorism and the death penalty.
- Export Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, N. B. Menon, Dec 14, 2005)
A group of senators in the US Congress have moved a resolution named "Advancing democratic values world over". Specifically, this draft contains a proposal to establish a special "Democratic movements department" within the State Department, . . .
- India’S Cash-For-Questions Scandal: Rajya Sabha Suspends Member (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday suspended one of its members after a television channel aired footage of 11 MPs allegedly accepting cash for asking questions in parliament.
- Why I Believe In Gay Rights (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
For over two years now, a public interest petition has been traversing the corridors of the courts asking that Section 377 of the IPC—a century old provision that deems private, consensual same-sex sexual activity between adults “against the order of natu
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Drummers and dancers greeted a Pakistani bus as it crossed into India on Tuesday in the latest step in a slow-moving peace process to establish stronger transport links between the nuclear rivals.
- India Slams Mps Filmed In Tv Sting (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 14, 2005)
India's media lambasted 11 federal lawmakers said by a TV station and a Web site to have been filmed secretly taking cash in exchange for asking questions in parliament, and one MP was suspended from the upper house.
- Asean Urges Myanmar To Restore Democracy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
First time bloc has interfered in member state’s internal affairs
Southeast Asian leaders on Monday urged member Myanmar to expedite democratic reforms and release detainees, in the strongest public slap on the wrist yet for the country's junta . . .
- Asean Moves Toward Charter, Human Rights On Agenda (Reuters, Michelle Nichols, Dec 13, 2005)
Southeast Asia's regional grouping agreed on Monday to draft its first constitution, a document that could enshrine human rights and democracy in a region where both have come under critical scrutiny.
- Protest Against Toxic Ship Leaving For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 13, 2005)
Greenpeace says aircraft carrier Clemenceau, which is to be dismantled in Gujarat, is contaminated with asbestos
- Point, Counterpoint (Hindu, Sampurna Chattarji, Dec 13, 2005)
This reader is shaped around the theme of the letter of the law stripped of annotative, interpretative gloss
- Interpol's Redcorner Notices Ineffective (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 13, 2005)
There used to be a time when a "red corner notice" issued by the International Police (Interpol) meant that there is no place on planet earth that a criminal could hide with impunity. Not any more. Hence the felt need for a "special notice" to try . . .
- Early Grooming (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 13, 2005)
Confusions may be genuine, or they may be produced with the desire to obscure unavoidable truths.
- Jaundiced View (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 13, 2005)
How does it feel like living in a State in which there is a bomb blast on almost every third day?
- Geelani Criticises Oic (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 13, 2005)
In a scathing attack on the Organisation of Islamic Conference , hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said it had failed to represent the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiris and instead "strengthening Indian claim over Kashmir."
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