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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 8510:
- Education Or Extortion? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 21, 2005)
Come admission time in private schools for elementary classes, parents get worried. Not just the exorbitant fee and the costly books the private schools prescribe empty their purses.
- China’S Super Moves (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 21, 2005)
The strategic silence of China and the US on key issues shows that they are working towards a rapprochement
- Police Image (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2005)
The hope that, with the achievement of Independence, India will be better served by its police and bureaucracy is yet to be fully realised. The image of both in the public eye continues to be unflattering.
- Finally Amnesty Voices Concern Over Rising Maoist Violence In Nepal –why So Late And Little? (India Daily, Tania Gunrez, Nov 21, 2005)
Amnesty overlooked Nepal for a long time. They finally came out Voicing concern over growing incidents of abduction and extortion by Maoists in Nepal.
- Pontifical Bush... -... Gets A Cold Shoulder From China (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 21, 2005)
It was a devastating snub that President George W Bush had never quite anticipated.
- Rumsfeld Says Torture Ban Under Discussion (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The White House and senators are discussing the implications of a Senate-passed ban on the torture of suspected terrorists in U.S. custody and what part, if any, of the proposal the administration might find acceptable, the Pentagon chief said Sunday.
- Careful With Syria (Dawn, David Ignatius, Nov 21, 2005)
In the United Nations’ looming confrontation with Syria, it’s hard to define the best strategy but easy to identify the worst one: the imposition of general economic sanctions that would hurt the Syrian people while allowing the ruling elite to grow . . .
- Poetry, Pistachio, Power (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 21, 2005)
A government rarely receives all its challenges in a cluster. But this could be just that kind of a week for the Congress-led coalition: the Bihar verdict, Supreme Court’s judgement on the constitutionality of the dissolution of that state’s assembly,
- Helping Victims Of Violence (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 21, 2005)
In the days when Ayub Khan ruled the roost, and the 22 families set up their baronetcies, draconian press laws were introduced to keep at bay journalists who had not yet recovered from the long hangover of the Tamizuddin Khan years.
- China Will Adopt Its Own Path To Democracy, Hu Tells Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Washington, Beijing sign agreement on prevention of illegal nuclear trade
- Iraqi Police Wage A War Of Vengeance (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Nov 21, 2005)
Baghdad's Medical Forensic Institute — the mortuary — is a low, modern building reached via a narrow street. Most days it is filled with families of the dead.
- Pakistan, India Agree To Improve Joint Patrolling On Border (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed to improve joint patrolling at border areas.
- Finally, Sonia Stepping Out Of Mrs G’S Shadow? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 20, 2005)
Delhi is India’s most sycophantic city and even bows, as the old Punjabi saying goes, to the rising sun.
- Iran Rejects Un Censure Of Its Human Rights Record (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Iran has rejected UN censure of its human rights record, saying it will not give in to such pressure, state television reported on Saturday
- The Sword Is Mightier Than The Pen In Bangladesh (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Nov 20, 2005)
Tipu Sultan's hands are a patchwork of scars: thin tidy scars where surgeons have inserted metal pins to rebuild every bone in his hands and fingers. An ugly purple scar remains where half his forearm seems to have been butchered.
- India Readies To Win The Kpo Battle (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Just a few years ago Business Process Outsourcing or BPO was the buzz word. India was one of the preferred destinations for those countries that wanted to offshore their processes to locations with cheaper manpower.
- France Explodes (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 20, 2005)
The biggest blow in the wave of violence sweeping across France has been psychological, with the country's image taking a huge dent. Giving the lie to its much-vaunted egalitarian structure, it has been a singularly rude awakening.
- U.N. Team Slams U.S. On Guantanamo Bay Access (Hindu, Owen Bowcott and Bernard O Riordan, Nov 20, 2005)
Hundreds of detenus being held at the base without trial
- What Basically Child (Daily Excelsior, Vivek Raina, Nov 20, 2005)
All over world 20th November is celebrated as Child Rights Day. What basically Child Rights mean?
- White Terror -Calls For Condemnation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
Revolting indeed is the torture to which detainees were subjected by their own security forces (another Shia-Sunni confrontation?) in a cramped bunker in Baghdad,
- You Can Call It Mainstream Politaxi (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
This is how that wise unlettered carpet-weaver could weave a word for the art of perfidy, doublespeak and expediency commonly called politics
- Suicide Bombers Kill 77 At Iraqi Shi'ite Mosques (Reuters, Faris al Mehdawi, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shi'ite mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraq town, deepening the country's sectarian conflict
- Daunting Tasks Ahead For Rajapakse (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance, who has scraped through one of the closest elections...
- Our Own Grey Zone (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Nov 19, 2005)
Naxalites capture and torture, sometimes on camera, those they perceive to be enemies of the people. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says he will take up human rights violations by security forces in Kashmir with the National Human Rights Commission.
- 77 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombings (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shia mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraqi town, deepening the country’s sectarian conflict.
- Volcker Report Is Clear Call For For Un Reforms: Us Official (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Without getting drawn into the controversy created by the Volcker Committee report on Iraqi Oil-for-Food programme, US Secretary of State’s Special Advisor on UN reforms Shirin Tahir-Kheli today said the report had underlined the need for major management
- 83 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombings (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shia mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraqi town, deepening the country’s sectarian conflict
- Sc Pulls Up Centre For Not Appointing Judges (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Friday reprimanded the Centre for its failure to appoint judges to the Madras High Court (HC) despite names being cleared by its collegium 75 days ago.
- Mahinda Rajapakse, A Politicalleader With A Mass Base (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 19, 2005)
"I miss moving freely with the people because of the security cordon"
- 55 Killed In Suicide Attack On Mosques (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 19, 2005)
Baghdad apartment collapses after car bombs explode outside prominent hotel nearby; six killed
- Human Rights, Tibet, Taiwan To Figure In Bush-Hu Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Three hyper-sensitive issues to China - human rights, Taiwan and Tibet - will be high on the agenda of U.S. President George W Bush when he arrives here tomorrow for a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao to stabilise their complex relations which are
- Bihar: Admin Panel Begins Probe Into Jehanabad Naxal Attack (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The two-member administrative team constituted to go into the audacious attack by naxalites on Jehanabad jail today began its probe.
- Terrorists Can’T Browbeat Me With Blasts: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Nov 19, 2005)
Talking tough of militancy, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today asserted that his Government was committed to restoration of peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Godfather Iii: The Terrorist (Hindu, Vir Sanghvi, Nov 19, 2005)
Frankly, I thought it would never happen. The government of India — and its law enforcement agencies.
- President Rajapakse (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 19, 2005)
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse — who won the presidential election on the day he turned 60
- Twin Blasts Target Iraq Mosques, 74 Dead (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Suicide bombers killed 74 worshippers at two mosques in eastern Iraq today while in Baghdad two car bombs targeted a hotel housing foreign journalists and killed eight Iraqis.
- Dug-Up Roads (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 19, 2005)
The concern expressed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan about fatalities in traffic accidents caused by the perpetually dug-up condition of many of Karachi’s roads is well founded.
- Lost In Translation (Times of India, MANOJ NAIR, Nov 19, 2005)
La Haine (Hate), a film by Mathieu Kassovitz about the lives of three young men from a Parisian suburb, begins with an old joke about a guy who, falling from a skyscraper, repeats to himself: "So far so good... so far so good".
- New Thinking On Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 19, 2005)
Solution begins from where occupation comes to an end
- World Bank Presence Opposed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 19, 2005)
About 20 NGOs from the North-east have expressed their opposition to efforts by the World Bank, in partnership with the Government of India, to develop a study on the natural resources of the region.
- Crime Against Women On Rise (Daily Excelsior, Aditi Singh, Nov 18, 2005)
According to the crime bureau report 2003-04 of the ministry of home affairs released recently crime against women has increased three-fold during the last four years. Murder, rape, harassment for dowry is the common all India feature, . . .
- Bush's Problem With History (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Nov 18, 2005)
One year ago, after his re-election, President Bush brashly asserted: "I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style."
- Heightened Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 18, 2005)
The attacks are to protest the change of leadership in Jammu and Kashmir
- Us, Muslims And Democracy (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 18, 2005)
American officials must recognise the contradiction in their simultaneous support for democracy and dictatorial Muslim regimes.
- Salem Examiners In Monica Dash (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Nov 18, 2005)
Monica Bedi’s lonely life in a women’s jail has been cut short.
- Us Rebukes Iraq Over Prison Abuse (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Iraq’s interior minister dismissed reports of prisoner abuse at a secret Baghdad bunker today, prompting a stern response from the US embassy in an affair that threatens to aggravate sectarian tensions.
- Punjab Govt Will Set Up Free Dairy Zone, Says (Daily Times, Qamar Jabbar, Nov 18, 2005)
The Punjab government will set up a free dairy zone in the province to increase meat and beef production, Muhammad Khalid Mehmood, parliamentary secretary for livestock and dairy development, said on Thursday.
- Abu Salem Case:cbi Denies Leaking Details (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Defence application against media reports
Court notices to the Union I&B Secretary and Maharashtra
Judge reserves order for Thursday
- Kashmir Easing Formula Mirwaiz Suggests 11 Points (Pakistan Observer, Hameed Shaheen, Nov 18, 2005)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman All Parties Hurriyet Conference, has suggested an 11-point formula to Pakistan and India towards gradual settlement of the Kashmir dispute with the full involvement of Kashmiris.
- Use Of White Phosphorous (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 18, 2005)
Though there was not an iota of doubt about authenticity of an earlier report on the subject a US military spokesman has now also confirmed use of white phosphorous in the Iraqi city of Fallujah last November.
- "Poverty Is A Violation Of Human Rights" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Nov 18, 2005)
Arjun K. Sengupta, the United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty, visited the United States to study the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the poor. In an interview in New Delhi, . . .
- Home, Sweet Home (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Shivraj Patil is beguilingly ineffective as a manager of internal security
- Salem Lawyer Works For ‘Free’ (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Nov 17, 2005)
The man who appears to have put together the legal team defending Abu Salem is the young and apparently idealistic human rights lawyer Harjot Singh,
- Fighting Terror With Terror (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 17, 2005)
A ruthless use of force by any state authority does not eliminate terror but fans the fires of violence. A balanced way is to be adopted so that criminals don’t go unpunished and human values are upheld too, writes Maryam Bacha
- Afghanistan’S Transition To Democracy (Dawn, S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Nov 17, 2005)
An anatomy of Afghanistan’s new parliament — accurately dubbed as a curate’s egg — leads one to the conclusion that the phenomenon of warlordism remains a stark fact of life in the turbulent country.
- The ‘Sleeper Cells’ Of Isi (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 17, 2005)
Addressing the SAARC summit in Dhaka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that “there should be zero tolerance for cross-border terrorism and for the harbouring of hostile insurgent groups and criminal elements”.
- Reliance Refutes Allegations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
``Include oil deal under panel scope''
Activists seek probe into references to Reliance in the Volcker report
All payments were through normal banking channels: Reliance
- Order On Presence Of Salem’S Counsel Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
A designated TADA court on Wednesday reserved its order till Thursday on a plea moved by extradited Mumbai serial blasts accused Abu Salem, seeking permission to allow his advocate to be present...
- Iraq To Probe Baghdad Detainee Abuse (Indian Express, MARIAM KAROUNY, Nov 17, 2005)
Iraq is investigating allegations of abuse after more than 170 prisoners were found locked in an Interior Ministry bunker in Baghdad, many of them beaten and malnourished and some apparently tortured
- Iraq To Probe Torture Of Detainees (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
The Iraqi government on Tuesday said it has ordered an urgent investigation of allegations that many of the 173 detainees, who were discovered by American troops in the basement of an Interior Ministry building in Baghdad, had been tortured by their . . .
- Britain To Extradite Terrorism Suspect To U.S. (New York Times, ALAN COWELL, Nov 16, 2005)
Britain today approved the extradition to the United States of a 31-year-old British computer technician on terrorism charges, provoking anger and complaints from Islamic leaders that the decision was unjust and would alienate young Muslims.
- Hurriyat To Establish Relief Camps At Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Suspecting that opening of relieve points at Line of Control was 'futile' unless divided families were allowed to meet 'hassle-free', ....
- Sponsored Terrorism — Time India Took A Tougher Stance (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 16, 2005)
While a comprehensive action plan to deal with the domestic challenges posed by terrorist violence is essential, a clear signal needs to be sent to Pakistan that it cannot proceed along the present path of sponsoring terror activity in Jammu and Kashmir..
- Farmer Can Look To Greener Pastures (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 16, 2005)
A number of eminent people have talked about a second agricultural revolution that is set to happen in India. Some have called it a second Green Revolution; others the Rainbow Revolution that will include white, blue and yellow too.
- Hurriyat Opens Three Relief Points Along Loc (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Nov 16, 2005)
Amidst the escalating violence in J-K, Hurriyat moderates today announced setting up of their own relief stations at the three crossing points on LoC besides sending a delegation to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to commiserate with the quake-hit.
- 35,000 Held In Iraq, But Few Convicted (Hindu, Richard Norton-Taylor, Nov 16, 2005)
"Significant proportion of those who had been detained are joining militants after their release"
- Calamity Mitigation On The Back Burner (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 16, 2005)
For the Pakistani military establishment, the earthquake means little in terms of advancing its agenda. This should explain its laidback response and tardy approach to the ground realities in the aftermath of the calamity.
- Bush Holds Up Taiwan As An Example Of Democracy (Reuters, Caren Bohan, Nov 16, 2005)
U.S. President George W. Bush urged China to do more to allow political and religious freedom to flourish on Wednesday, holding up Taiwan as a model of a free and democratic society.
- In Asia, Bush Hopes To Talk Trade , Soft-Pedal Iraq, N Korea (Indian Express, DAVID E. SANGER, Nov 16, 2005)
The first time President George W. Bush visited Asia as head of state, just two months after the September 11 attacks, he had little time or patience for a summit meeting that traditionally focused on trade and globalisation.
- The French Disconnection (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 16, 2005)
The riots in France that began late last month have, not surprisingly, been appropriated by clash-of-civilization theorists as further verification of their thesis that Muslim and western cultures are mutually exclusive.
- Middle-Class Mahatma (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Nov 16, 2005)
IN his heyday, be it in Railways or Finance, he was rated as a “useless” Minister. What good is a politician who won’t cut an odd deal here and fix a contract elsewhere. Well, that was Madhu (Dandavate),
- Iraq Detainees ‘Abused’ (Statesman, Kim Sengupta, Nov 16, 2005)
Iraq faced a fresh prison scandal today after Prime Minister Mr Ibrahim Jaafari ordered an investigation into reports of abuse at a clandestine interior ministry detention facility.
- Mirwaiz Hurriyat Packing For Muzaffarabad (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Moderate separatist grouping will send next week a contingent of 50 volunteers comprising skilled labor force, doctors and paramedics across the Line of Control through the established meeting points, Chairman Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq . . .
- Retarded Agriculture Growth (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Nov 16, 2005)
The latest country-wide World Bank study released on October 30 emphasises that agriculture has to be the key contributor to raise India's gross domestic product (GDP)....
- Signal To India: Dump G4 For Us Support (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Nov 16, 2005)
The US is in favour of a smaller expansion in the UN Security Council and is willing to work with India, leaving it to New Delhi how it disengages itself from its ongoing commitment with the G4 proposal for a larger council.
- Maoist Rebels Give Rude Wake-Up Call To India (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 16, 2005)
India, struggling to contain a bloody revolt in Kashmir and several insurgencies in its remote northeast, got a brutal reminder this week that it cannot afford to ignore a growing Maoist threat in its heartland.
- Private Equity: The Party Has Just Begun (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Nov 16, 2005)
Private equity evolved in India in the mid-90s along with the growth in the software services industry. The early movers included funds like TDICI, Draper International and Actis.
- Sun Set For Dmk? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 16, 2005)
That all is not well within the DMK’s first family is known. Family patriarch and DMK supremo, M Karuna-nidhi, has been upset with the Maran siblings, his grand-nephews,
- Toxic Truths From The Iraqi Battlefront (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 15, 2005)
When a war is illegal, the methods of warfare are bound to go beyond what is permissible under the laws of war. But don't expect the American media to tell you any of this.
- Daughters Have Right To Live (Tribune, Shakuntala Lavasa, Nov 15, 2005)
Added to the long list of things India is infamous for is the fact that we have female foeticide – elimination of the unwanted girl even before her birth! Prenatal sex-determination tests followed by quick abortions destroy thousands of foetuses much ....
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