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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 8510:
- Reminiscences (Hindu, C. G. Rishikesh, Dec 13, 2005)
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- Flexibility Needed On Kashmir, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 13, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was being discussed and underlined that it required flexibility which it was willing to show.
- Will Oic Summit Make A Difference? (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Dec 13, 2005)
The extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded its two-day deliberations in Makkah last week.
- Time To Ban Torture (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Dec 13, 2005)
"There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.”
- Rights Abuses In Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
That rights abuses in held Kashmir have continued despite the ongoing peace process was highlighted the way Kashmiris in the occupied territory observed International Human Rights Day on Saturday.
- Old And New Europe (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 12, 2005)
One can understand the reason why American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is so fond of “new Europe”. As more details come to light about the CIA’s secret detention centres worldwide, East European countries seem only too willing to offer . . .
- Kuala Lumpur Becomes A Fairy Land (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 12, 2005)
The Malaysian capital is all decked up as the city hosts a series of international meetings and summits from Monday. Top floors of skyscrapers are lit up. Electronic trees have been put up at pathways, not different from fancy decorations in India . . . .
- Right To Information Is Citizen's Right: Chief Justice (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Strongly favouring transparency in dissemination of information to people, Chief Justice of India, Y K Shabarwal today said it is the right of the citizen to obtain whatever information he wants from the government.
- No One To Weep For Mumbai (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 12, 2005)
First came the flood, then pestilence. And now, that ultimate biblical folly: betrayal. Mumbai is slowly dying, ravaged by civic cancer, crucified by callous officials, and forsaken by 12 million citizens who feed like maggots off its malingering corpse.
- Nepal Leader Urges India Not To Back Government Headed By King (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Dec 12, 2005)
External support will make it more repressive: Communist Party of Nepal (UM-L).
Several smaller political parties of Nepal are joining the pro-democracy movement
Maoists are slowly veering towards the idea of a peaceful political transformation
- Charity Begins As A Brainwave (Indian Express, Sukhmani Singh, Dec 12, 2005)
Unsung Good Samaritans continue to be innovative about getting in the moolah
- Tree Spotting In Lalbagh (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, Dec 12, 2005)
Bangalore Walks has become a popular weekend jaunt for many new comers to the City to get to know our history in the most interesting way - on a walk.
- Nepal: 97 Arrested On Human Rights Day, Released (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Nepal government has released 97 people, including human rights activists and journalists, who were arrested yesterday when they staged a protest rally in a restricted area here to mark the International Human Rights Day, demanding restoration of democrac
- Even If You Hate George Bush, Must You Be A Saddam Groupie? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2005)
Even if you hate George Bush, must you be a Saddam groupie?
Anti-war activists are so confused, says Christopher Hitchens
- Of Values And Rights (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Dec 12, 2005)
Human rights is protecting another’s freedom, seeing that the other person is like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.
- Possible Options On Kashmir: Pakistan More Flexible Than India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 12, 2005)
Kuldeep Nayar; a leading journalist, peace activist and former member of the Rajya Sabha proposed maximum autonomy for the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir except for foreign, defence and communication affairs.
- An Instrument Of Oppression (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 12, 2005)
Last Tuesday all progressive and enlightened elements in this country, even those who preach enlightened moderation, should have flown their flags at half mast, after the National Assembly demonstrated once again that when it comes to repression and . . .
- Outsourcing The Torture (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 12, 2005)
"Metternich comes close to being a statesman; he lies very well,” Napoleon once said of the Austrian aristocrat who dominated European diplomacy for a generation. By that demanding standard, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice does not come close . . .
- Human Factor In Branding Makes Products Successful' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A brand needs to be remembered to sell, Kartikeya Kompella tells K. Satyamurty
- `Educated People Should Protect Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Educated people in the country should volunteer to protect and promote human rights, speakers at the State- level seminar on Human Rights and Civil Society organised by the Department of Political Science, Thiruvalluvar, Government Arts College here . . .
- Living Up To The Legacy Of Nuremberg (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 12, 2005)
With 100 countries on board, the International Criminal Court is slowly negotiating the hurdle of universality. But with countries like the United States (and India) outside its purview, how effective will it be in dealing with war crimes, aggression, ...
- Iraq’S Bleak Future (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Dec 12, 2005)
The latest poll in the United States shows that 59 per cent of the Americans want US troops withdrawal from Iraq as soon as possible even if conditions there are not completely stable.
- Some Glaring Contrasts (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
The Pakistan High Commission is out to dampen the spirit of people-to-people ties by denying visas
- Polar Peril (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The Inuit petition urges the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate the role of the US in accelerating global warming and endangering livelihoods, and to make the US adopt mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
- U.S. Policies In The Eurasian Region (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Dec 12, 2005)
American strategic thinkers seek the projection of U.S. power into Eurasia on a permanent footing. The central issue involved is Russia's unquestioned emergence as the 21st century's energy superpower.
- No Public Institution Should Be Exempted (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 12, 2005)
There is no reason why any public body should be exempted from the Right to Information Act. Transparency is a culture essential for the well-being of a democracy.
- China Flays Us For Its 'Double Standards' On Human Rights (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
China today lashed out at the United States for its "double standards" on human rights issue and asked Washington to correct its own problems before claiming itself to be a global "human rights guard".
- India Rejects Suggested Options Of Self-Governance For Jammu And Kashmir Emanating From Pakistan And Endorsed By Washington And The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Dec 12, 2005)
India took the right approach. It has taken the strong stand on Kashmir and asked those proposing self rule in Kashmir to take a back seat and just forget about it.
- Proxy Rule Of Us-Pak In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Dec 12, 2005)
The US state department and some West European countries are unhappy with the outcome of September 18 parliamentary elections in Afghanistan as it have preponderance of MPs from the Northern Alliance.
- India And Pakistan Test New Bus Link (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Sunday conducted a successful trial run of a bus service linking Amritsar to Lahore as part of their cautious peace process.
- Us Rights Body Pleads For Indian’S Pardon (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Terming the “eye-for-an-eye” sentence given to an Indian in Saudi Arabia as “torture masquerading as justice”, the Human Rights Watch today said King Abdullah “must prevent” the implementation of the punishment which was in violation of the country’s....
- Over 100 Arrested In Nepal On Human Rights Day (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
More than 100 people, including human rights activists and journalists, were arrested today when they staged a protest rally in a restricted area in Kathmandu to mark the International Human Rights Day, demanding restoration of democracy and press . . .
- Protests, Clashes Mark Rights Day In Jk (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Protest demonstrations and hunger strike by pro-independence leaders marked the International Human Rights Day here on Saturday.
- Makkahal-Mukarramah Declaration (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 11, 2005)
Yes, we reject terror in all forms and manifestations, but we are passionately concerned about the stigmatization which Muslims are being subjected to. Let’s pledge to protect our identity without compromising on the basic principles of Islam.
- Contested Terrain (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Dec 11, 2005)
While one book is neither insightful nor brilliant, the other is interesting and provides food for thought on the matter of alternate sexuality .
- Aids Prevention: China To Adopt Railway Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Delegation studied South Central Railways project
HIV/AIDS affects about 5.1 million individuals in India
``It was heartening to see that there was not much stigma attached to the disease in India''
- Judiciary A Partner In National Development, Says Kalam (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Dec 11, 2005)
Golden Jubilee celebrations of Punjab and Haryana High Court inaugurated
Emphasis on delivering speedy justice
"Disputes should be resolved through human touch at grassroots level"
Creation of `Judiciary Programme Management Group' suggested
- Stop The Violence (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 11, 2005)
Determined intervention is needed to reverse the steady elimination of women in India.
- When Our Tribals Can Take For Granted Schools And Roads, Power And Health (Indian Express, MAHASWETA DEVI, Dec 11, 2005)
Empowerment to me means the empowering of the people I have been fighting for the last so many years. Have they been empowered?
- New Police Act Must Protect, Not Impede, Freedom (Tribune, Mandeep Tiwana, Dec 11, 2005)
At the passing out parade of the 57th Batch of IPS probationers at Sardar Vallabhbai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad recently, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil announced that a new Police Act was on the way.
- Kashmiris Protest Hr Violations (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Separatists in occupied-Kashmir accused India’s army of violating human rights and appealed for UN intervention as they staged protest marches on Saturday to mark International Human Rights Day. Police broke up a small march by activists of the . . .
- Army To Implement Right To Information Act (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Though infiltration along the Indo-Pak border has come down, it may be occurring through other borders like Nepal and Bangladesh, Army Chief Gen J J Singh today said.
"Due to snowing on the mountains
- `Educated People Should Protect Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Educated people in the country should volunteer to protect and promote human rights, speakers at the State- level seminar on Human Rights and Civil Society organised by the Department of Political Science, Thiruvalluvar, Government Arts College here . . .
- Indian Women’S Movement Has Had Many Avatars (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2005)
The very fact that the issue of women carrying a large share of social and economic burden without commensurate rights is acknowledged now, shows the success of the women’s movement in South Asia in general and India in particular,
- A Clash Of Cultures (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 11, 2005)
Often on my travels, these days, I meet Muslims who complain about being misunderstood by the world. Islam is a religion of peace, they say, it can never condone violence and yet on account of a handful of bad people, the world labels all Muslims ...
- ‘Saudi Should Spare Indian’S Eye’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Terming the “eye-for-an-eye” sentence given to an Indian national in Saudi Arabia as “torture masquerading as justice,” the Human Rights Watch on Saturday said King Abdullah “must prevent” the implementation of the punishment, . . .
- Infiltration On Through Nepal, Bangla Borders? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
With terrorist attacks on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir, Army chief Gen J J Singh on Saturday said that infiltration routes through Nepal and Bangladesh borders might have become operational.
- Removal Of Us Troops From Uzbekistan Good Omen: Hekmatyar (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Former Afghan prime minister Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, who is wanted by the US, has said Uzbekistan’s decision to remove American troops from its Khanabad airbase would herald the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Protests, Hunger Strikes Mark Human Rights Day In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 11, 2005)
Rallies to submit memoranda at the United Nations office in Srinagar
- Rhetorics And Reality Of Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
''Instruments of political oppression still threaten many thousands of people. The number believed to be incarcerated without a fair trial is quite high in some countries. In many cases oppressive states use the police and military to repress people . . .
- Iraq Invasion Was A Bandit Act: Harold Pinter (Tribune, Ciar Byrne, Dec 10, 2005)
Harold Pinter was not able to deliver his Nobel literature laureate’s lecture in person in Stockholm on Thursday (Dec 7), but his pre-recorded speech was a characteristically impassioned critique of the Anglo-American decision to go to war in Iraq.
- Natwar Singh In Patiala (Tribune, Chander Parkash, Dec 10, 2005)
Was the beleaguered former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh in the city today to tax his and the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh’s brains in an effort to hammer out a strategy to overcome the crisis which he has been facing after the surfaci
- Int’L Human Rights Day: ‘Govt Committed To Safeguarding Human Rights’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The government is committed to eliminating poverty, safeguarding human rights and establishing the rule of law to form a society free of human deprivation, said the president and the prime minister in separate messages on the . . .
- Sc Rejects Salem’S Plea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court order lifting the restrictions on interrogation of underworld don Abu Salem by two officers .........
- Egypt's New Dilemma (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Dec 10, 2005)
Hidden agenda of social intolerance, repression of women suspected
Brotherhood says it wants political reform
- Ringing In Rituals (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Dec 10, 2005)
It was a most sombre occasion, our father’s first death anniversary. We had all gathered for the three-day rituals. The family sastrigal (pundit) had given us a detailed account of the ceremonies.
- Human Rights Day (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 10, 2005)
December 10 passes like any other day in the Valley. Of course, some organizations organize debates and conferences to mark the occasion but the International Human Rights Day does not make any difference to the people of Kashmir.
- Wise Choice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 10, 2005)
It has been a good decision on the part of Congress President Sonia Gandhi to spend her birthday with the sufferers of the October 8 earthquake in this State. Arguably she is not the first leader to have fruitfully utilised the day to make it memorable.
- A Weak Defence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
In an attempt to quell a growing storm in Europe over the CIA’s secret prisons, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has issued a defence based on the same legalistic jujitsu and morally obtuse double talk that led the Bush administration into a swamp....
- Makkah Declaration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Unlike the declarations issued in the past by Islamic summit conferences, the joint communique released by the summit at Makkah on Thursday is focussed on a reform of the Muslim world.
- Karzai Makes Parliamentary Appointments (Washington Post, AMIR SHAH, Dec 10, 2005)
President Hamid Karzai has made his appointments to the upper house of Afghanistan's parliament, set to convene this month for the first time in over 30 years, officials said Friday
- Oic Backs Pak’S Stance On Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Toeing Pakistan’s line, the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) has “extended” its support to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions.
- Realising Fundamental Home Truths (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Dec 10, 2005)
Across regions of violence in India, a peculiar mindset has taken root: A constant harping on grievances - some real, but many imagined, or at least imagined to be uniquely afflicting a specific people or community - combined with a beggar's mentality . .
- Protecting Human Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
December 10 is the Human Rights Day. Human Rights are those rights which are inherent in every human being by virtue of being a member of the human family. These are nothing but what had been traditionally known as natural rights.
- Divine Tolerance (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- Changing The Hudood Laws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 09, 2005)
It should have come as no surprise, least of all to the MQM, that a bill one of its MNAs submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday, seeking an amendment to the Hudood Ordinances, would be rejected. Any legislation aimed at ending gender biases. . . .
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- China: The Other Superpower? (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- Mirwaiz Meets Musharraf In Mecca (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of an extraordinary two-day summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, . . .
- Life Arduous For Child Domestic Labourers (Hindu, Tarangini Sriraman, Dec 09, 2005)
Surveys indicate that most child labourers working in homes lead a tough existence
Most young domestic helps in twin cities from Warangal, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar
Ill-treatment of child labourers takes many forms
- Spotlight On Petrol Pricing (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Dec 09, 2005)
The consumer should be able to buy petrol at a cost not inflated by unfair taxes on top of rising crude oil prices
- ‘Taliban’ Action In Miramshah: Toll 21 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The death toll from Wednesday’s bloody clash rose to 21 as militants continued their hunt for members of a group that locals said was involved in extortion.
- Of Captors And Their Captives (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 09, 2005)
India must remain watchful of American designs in South Asia in the guise of friendship, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Hindus In Pakistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 09, 2005)
The recent abduction and conversion of three Hindu girls in Pakistan clearly shows that, despite the isolated example of a Danish Kaneria playing for the country's cricket team, Hindus there are a marginalised and persecuted lot stalked constantly . . .
- For Women, A Court Of Last Appeal (Indian Express, SAUMYA UMA, Dec 09, 2005)
A hundred countries recently came together to participate in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Bitter Medicine Beneath The Sugar-Coated Diplomacy (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 09, 2005)
FRESH on the home-page of the WTO (www.wto.org) is the December 6 decision on changes to the WTO Agreement on TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). It informs that cheaper generic versions of patented medicines . . .
- Victims Treated Like Criminals (Hindu, Natasha Walter, Dec 08, 2005)
It Is easy to feel hopeless when you consider the extent of sexual violence against women in Britain.
- Trail Of Torture (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 08, 2005)
Washington’s controversial policy of turning a blind eye to the torture of captured terror suspects suggests that all is not well in the land of liberty.
- Iraq: Hostages Appeal For Pull Out (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Dec 08, 2005)
Fears are mounting for the safety of the Canadian NRI and three other Western hostages held in Iraq following the release of a new video footage on the internet featuring two ...
- Untenable Methods (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2005)
America’s means of fighting terrorism are suspect
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