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Articles 621 through 720 of 31829:
- Iran Says Will Reply Swiftly To Any Israeli Attack (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2006)
Iran and its Revolutionary Guards would respond swiftly if Israel attacked the Islamic state over its disputed nuclear programme, an official said on Sunday.
- Indo-Pak Talks Should Follow Incremental Approach To Normalisation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 13, 2006)
The Indian foreign secretary, Shivshankar Menon, and his Pakistani counterpart, Riaz Mohammad Khan, are going to resume the stalled Indo-Pak dialogue today.
- Iisc Scientists Develop Tech For Early Diagnosis (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Nov 13, 2006)
The technology, scientists say, has the potential to transform the diagnostic industry as it would be possible to detect diseases on the first or second day itself.
- Us Policy On Iraq Likely To Change (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Nov 13, 2006)
An overnight pullout from Iraq is deemed unlikely, but the Bush administration is expected to pay close attention to the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG), headed by former Secretary of State James Baker.
- Dubious Collectors (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 13, 2006)
A dangerously reckless ploy in Bihar
From seeing a ghost at every turn, Bihar is now witnessing what must rank as the crudest manifestation of administrative aberration.
- Bush Considers Dialogue With Iran Among 'Fresh Options' For Conflict (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2006)
Amid new mayhem and political turmoil in Iraq, President Bush meets a key panel of advisers today to find a way out of the crisis, with his aides saying everything is on the table - including an overture to Iran.
- 1st Indian Envoy Wanted Kashmir In Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Nov 13, 2006)
India’s firs high commissioner in Pakistan, Sri Prakasa, told Lord Mountbatten that “for the sake of peace all around,” the “best thing” India could do was to hand over Kashmir to Pakistan.
- Malaysian Pm Hopes For Another Term (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 13, 2006)
Malaysia’s Prime Minister says that he hopes to stay on for a second term despite aggressive efforts by his predecessor to oust him in what’s become one of the worst political rows in the ruling party in years.
- Serious War Games (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 13, 2006)
Americans have traditionally valued “academic” inputs into the formulation of national policies and strategies, hence the profusion of think-tanks.
- Fighting Terrorism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 13, 2006)
As has been noted by impartial observers of the Muslim scene, terrorism stemming from the rise of religious extremism is basically a conflict within the Muslim world.
- Market Realities Soften Bolivian Nationalisation (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 13, 2006)
Governments are only slowly learning the ropes of how to use smart negotiation techniques and market forces to get what they want at far less cost.
- Unemployed Swelling Ranks Of The Right (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 11, 2006)
Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front could exploit the upsurge in protectionism and nationalism and the fact that France appears to be "at war with itself."
- Pessimism Has Taken Hold Of Israel (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Nov 11, 2006)
The war in Lebanon and rockets from Gaza have reinforced a great mood swing. People no longer seem to want a peace deal.
- Threat To Blow Up White House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
A new recording Friday attributed to the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq mocked U.S. President George W. Bush as a coward whose conduct of the war had been rejected by U.S. voters, challenging him to keep American troops in the country to face more bloodshed.
- The Power To Charm And Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
"Abbe Faria, The Master Hypnotist who Charmed Napoleon" commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Father of Hypnotism
- Indian Charged With Leaking Military Information To China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
A 62-year old India-born engineer in Maui, Hawaii, who worked on the B-2 stealth bomber, has been charged with using secret military information to help China build a stealth cruise missile.
- Terror Threat To Last Generation, Blair Says (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that the threat from home- grown Islamic terrorism would last "a generation," reinforcing a highly unusual warning by the head of the MI5 domestic intelligence agency that about 1,600 suspects in 200 . . .
- Building Experiences For Economic Activity (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Nov 11, 2006)
The Amish in the U.S. have showcased their way of life as a product to create wealth. India too has numerous such opportunities to increase economic activity.
- Boucher Strikes A Positive Note (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 11, 2006)
"We hope anti-terror mechanism will work"
- Iran Offers To Talk, But Not About Its Nuclear Rights (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The top Iranian nuclear negotiator said Friday that his country wanted international talks on its disputed nuclear program but would not relinquish its right to pursue atomic energy.
- Iran 'Will Not Back Down On Nuclear Program' (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Iran's top nuclear negotiator insisted that Tehran will push ahead with its controversial nuclear program, and suggested it could break off ties with the UN nuclear watchdog if the world inflicts punishments proposed by European nations.
- Labour Drafts In Us Poll Architect (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Labour has enlisted one of the engineers of this week's Democratic victory in the US midterm elections in an attempt to boost its flagging fortunes before the local elections in May.
- Us Army 'To Suggest Iraq Changes' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
US military leaders are preparing to recommend changes in strategy on Iraq, America's top military officer says.
- Democrats, Engaging Bush, Vow Early Action Over Iraq (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Democrats sought on Friday to put their new political power to use in shaping the debate over Iraq, promising stepped-up Congressional oversight of the war and a resolution demanding a schedule for reducing the number of troops there.
- Carnage In Gaza (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 11, 2006)
There seems to be no power in the world to stop Israel’s killing frenzy in Gaza.
- Indo-Us N-Deal To Be Okayed: Terror Outfits (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 11, 2006)
Many of the groups blamed for terrorist attacks in India have ‘origins’ and ‘links’ in Pakistan, US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said on Friday.
- A Test Case For The Govt (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 11, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has directed the government to get the Protection of Women Bill adopted by the National Assembly in its current session.
- S Asia Media Cautious On Us Poll (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Newspapers in India and Pakistan have reacted cautiously to the results of the US mid-term elections.
- Mid-East: Two Years After Arafat’S Death (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Nov 11, 2006)
Was yasser Arafat afraid of peace? His enemies say yes, and give many reasons, including the most bizarre one, concerning the Palestinian leader’s performance at the Camp David summit in 2000 with Bill Clinton as mediator.
- Implications Of Us Polls (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Nov 11, 2006)
This week, I have been in Madrid and Barcelona, attending seminars organised by Casa Asia and the Real Instituto Elcano, two of Spain’s best known think tanks, which instituted a series of lectures on relations with Muslim countries as part of the . . .
- United States, Indian Envoys Call On Koirala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
In separate meetings on Friday, Indian envoy Shiv Shankar Mukharjee and the American envoy James F. Moriarty called on Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala here to discuss Wednesday's historic peace agreement between the ruling Seven . . .
- Pakistan Equal Victim Of Terror, Says Boucher (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The United States sees Pakistan as an equal victim of terrorism that afflicts much of South Asia and hopes for the success of a mechanism against terrorism that would be discussed by the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan next week, US . . . .
- Vanishing Russians: A Diverse Future (Deccan Herald, KIM MURPHY, Nov 11, 2006)
In a room once used for baptisms, the Russian Orthodox matrons of St Michael the Archangel Church have erected plywood walls and adorned them with icons.
- Iraq Debate Turns Defeatist (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The success of the Democrats in the US mid-term elections, and the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as Defence Secretary, reflect a new level of dissatisfaction with policy on Iraq.
- Sri Lankan Mp Killed In Colombo (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
A pro-Tamil Tiger politician, Nadarajah Raviraj, has died in hospital after being shot by unidentified gunmen in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
- Common Folly And Discord (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Nov 11, 2006)
After what was an often acrimonious pre-election campaign, the US mid-term elections have brought the Democrats to a majority in both Houses of Congress - for the first time after 12 years - with a potential to radically undermine the final two . . .
- Panthers Party Secy Escapes Bid On Life (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Militants made an attempt on the life of the state secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party when they attacked his guarded house with grenades in Central Kashmir late last night, official sources said.
- Pro-Tamil Mp Shot Dead, Violence Up (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Nov 11, 2006)
A leading Tamil politician and Jaffna district parliamentarian of the four-party Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Nadaraja Raviraj (44), and his bodyguard were shot dead by unknown gunmen in the heart of Colombo city on Friday morning.
- These Democrats Tread Republican Path (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The conservative Democrats, or new Democrats as they are sometimes called, were disproportionately represented in the most highly-contested races against Republicans, and are likely to form a substantial bloc within the new members.
- Victorious Comeback (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 11, 2006)
Despite American efforts to defeat him, Ortega won.
- Us Hand In The Battle Of Begums (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 11, 2006)
Recently in Bangladesh, RASHEEDA BHAGAT presents a glimpse of that country's political scene, especially the US' role in trying to ensure that the January elections are conducted smoothly and a democratically elected government is installed in Dhaka.
- Mp Shot Dead In Lanka (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
A pro-Tamil legislator in Sri Lanka was shot dead here today by a lone gunman amid escalating violence in the island nation.
- Democrats Narrow The 'God Gap' (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
As the results of the midterm elections sank in this week, religious leaders across the ideological spectrum found something they could agree on: The "God gap" in American politics has narrowed substantially.
- Change Strategies On Polio (Tribune, Wendy Orent, Nov 11, 2006)
WE will do whatever it takes to eradicate polio,” vows Robert Scott.
- The Question Of God (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 11, 2006)
The debate on whether or not God exists is as old as humanity itself. And goes round and round ad nauseam repeating the same points for and against his existence.
- Talkad: Wither All The Funds? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Hoardings and posters announcing Panchalinga Darshan at Talkad is all over the place -- in Mysore, Hassan, Mandya and Chamarajanagar.
- Village Fury Over China Land Grab (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Thousands of Chinese villagers clashed with riot police after barricading officials and foreign businessmen in a warehouse they said had been built on illegally seized land, a newspaper reported today.
- Inside Pakistan (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Nov 11, 2006)
Don’t get surprised if you are told that Pakistan’s Sindh province has government-run schools where there are chicken in the classrooms instead of children! The information was given to journalists by the Mayor of Hyderabad on Wednesday.
- Israel ‘May’ Attack Iran (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Israel’s deputy defence minister suggested in comments published today that Israel might be forced to launch a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program the clearest statement yet of this possibility from a high-ranking Israeli official.
- 30 Terrorism Plots Being Planned In Uk: Spy Chief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
MI5 head warns chemical, bacteriological, radioactive, nuclear material could be used
Blair says struggle ‘will last a generation’
- U.S., Japan Missed Chance For Fta: Schwab (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The United States is unlikely to begin talks with Japan on a free-trade agreement because it is now prioritizing FTA negotiations with South Korea, Malaysia and other nations, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab indicated Thursday.
- N-Deal: Lobbyists Not To Rely On Dame Luck During Lame Duck (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Nov 11, 2006)
Indian-American pressure groups and US lobbyists are not leaving anything to chance to get the US-India nuclear deal through the lame duck session of Congress next week.
- Top Tamil Politician Killed In Colombo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
A Prominent Tamil politician was assassinated in Colombo on Friday and naval attack on two Tamil Tiger boats left six rebels dead, officials said—acts appearing to draw the South Asian country closer to full-scale war.
- The Umrigar Era (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Nov 11, 2006)
A few days ago at the Tower of Silence in Mumbai’s Kemp’s Corner, as the city’s Parsis gathered to say a final goodbye to apdo Polly, it brought to the fore an aspect as poignant as the mood at the agyari.
- Q&a: 'Consumers Should Reject Wildlife Products' (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Nov 11, 2006)
Globally, the illegal trade in wildlife is worth £5 million annually, most of it sourced from Asia, particularly India and China. London is a trading hub.
- Boucher: Terror Groups Have Origins In Pak (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 11, 2006)
The United States’ Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher today said that terror groups responsible for attacks in India had ‘origin’ and ‘links’ in Pakistan. Mr Boucher, however, did not take a position when asked whether these terror . . .
- Borrow Babus (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 11, 2006)
Many are going to use the latest Human Development Report released by the UNDP to knock reform and globalisation, as the improvement in India's human development scores during 1975-90 the pre-reform phase was 25 per cent, much higher than the . . .
- Khairlanji: An Alarm Bell And A Wake Up Call (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Nov 11, 2006)
A month after four members of a Dalit family, including two women, were brutally murdered in Khairlanji village in Bhandara district of Maharashtra, there has been a series of violent agitations in the Vidarbha region.
- Will The Underdog Become Top Dog? (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Nov 11, 2006)
Siddaramaiah may qualify as the underdog in the Chamundeshwari byelection and having been thrown out of power under extraordinary circumstances, carries the halo of a martyr for his home constituency electorate.
- Pakistan Attacks Shatter Accord (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Two months ago, Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, triumphantly announced a peace pact with Islamic extremists in the North Waziristan tribal district near the Afghan border, saying he hoped it would become a model for curbing domestic . . .
- Gaza: While The World Looked Elsewhere, Another Week Of Death (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Majdi Saad Athamneh couldn't easily explain why he had come back after Friday prayers yesterday to the now empty, four-storey breeze-block building where it had all happened two days earlier.
- Bush Dedicates Marine Museum (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
President Bush helped dedicate the National Museum of the Marine Corps yesterday with a prediction that U.S. sacrifices in the Mideast will lead to a brighter future in the region.
- Murky Drama (Frontline, M.S. Prabhakara, Nov 11, 2006)
An insider's account of how the political machinations in South Africa impacted on the author and her family.
- Caligula & His Horse (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Nov 11, 2006)
Bob Woodword's third book on U.S. President George W. Bush is a desperate attempt to retrieve a lost reputation.
- Hamas Chief Offers To Quit (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Ismail haniya signalled the beginning of the end for his Hamas-led Palestinian Government yesterday, saying that he was willing to step aside as Prime Minister to end an international embargo.
- U.S. Lawyer Gets The Impossible Done In Japan (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Legal beagle Tim Langley is both blessed and dogged with an interesting surname. "When I worked inside the Diet as a blue-eyed, moustachioed, Japanese-fluent American fresh out of Japanese law school, the CIA in Langley, Va., naturally came up.
- Not By Raw Power Alone (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Nov 11, 2006)
India must radically reorient its foreign policy to promote universal principles and egalitarian values, not narrow self-interest.
- Iraqis United On Post-Vote Concerns (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Iraq's feuding Shi'ite and Sunni politicians both expressed hopes yesterday that Republican political setbacks and the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld would not trigger an abrupt U.S. military withdrawal from the country.
- Passing By On The Other Side (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Nov 11, 2006)
In our metropolitan lives the old bonds and links have gone; we live in our own little worlds, not wishing to connect with anyone else.
- Pentagon Reviews Iraq Strategy (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The Pentagon is conducting a major review of the military's Iraq strategy to determine "what's going wrong and should be changed" to attain U.S. objectives in the war-torn country, the nation's top general said yesterday.
- Japan Returns To Top 10 Of Best Countries To Live (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Japan is the seventh best place to live on the planet, according to the U.N. Development Program.
- Bush V Bush: An Oedipal Battle Between Men Of Rigid Beliefs (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Intense rivalry between father and his wayward son has given way to mutual concern about the family legacy
- Power Gains (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Nov 11, 2006)
The power situation in the State is brightening under the newly formed MSEB Holding Company and its three subsidiaries.
- Muslims Rally Against Israel, Us (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Thousands marched though Middle East capitals on Friday to protest an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, their calls often spilling into a broader outcry against America's policy in the region and its backing of Israel.
- Russia, U.S. Reach Preliminary Wto Deal (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Russia and the United States reached agreement today on Moscow's eventual entry into the World Trade Organization, but final details needed to be resolved for a formal deal to be signed at next week's summit meeting in Vietnam.
- Indian 'Leaked' Us Missile Secrets To China (Pioneer, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Nov 11, 2006)
A 62-year-old India-born engineer in Maui, Hawaii who worked on the B-2 stealth bomber has been charged with using secret military information to help China build a stealth cruise missile.
- It Was A Sham Trial (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 11, 2006)
Every known form of jurisprudence was discarded so that Saddam Hussein could be hanged. This is victor's justice through local proxies
- No Distractions,please (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Nov 11, 2006)
Jholawalas and others with a Saddam fetish should stay out of foreign policy formulations
- 'Indo-Us Nucear Deal To Upset Non-Proliferation' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal will upset the non-proliferation disarmament order and usher in a potentially catastrophic situation in South Asia, while confirming the global dominance of the United States.
- Stuff Happens (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 11, 2006)
The departure of Mr Donald Rumsfeld from the Pentagon has ended the career of one of the more flamboyant Defence Secretaries in American memory.
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