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Articles 721 through 820 of 31829:
- Truce With Israel Over, Says Hamas Head After Beit Hanoun Deaths (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday he was "very distressed" about a pre-dawn Israeli artillery attack that killed 18 civilians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza village of Beit Hanoun Wednesday.
- Delhi Water Carcinogenic: Cpcb (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The water that flows out of the taps in Delhi is a cocktail of carcinogenic substances. A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the levels of toxic substances called total trihalomethanes (TTHM) in tap water has revealed . . .
- Us Elections: Shape Of Things To Come (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 11, 2006)
Many American commentators thought the Republicans would lose the House of Representatives but hold on to the Senate in the recently concluded Congressional elections but the American voter has handed down a verdict to surprise the pundits.
- 'Uk Must Share Iraq Blame' (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
A former member of the Bush administration has told Britain that it cannot avoid its share of responsibility for the mistakes made in Iraq since the 2003 war.
- Qaeda Claims To Be Winning In Iraq (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia claimed in a new audiotape Friday to be winning the war faster than expected in Iraq and said that it had mobilized 12,000 fighters who had "vowed to die for God's sake."
- To Restore Foreign Aid, Hamas Leader Says He Would Resign (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Hamas on Friday committed to folding its eight-month government if that would restore international assistance cut off after it won national elections earlier this year.
- Can Asia Stall A Global Recession? (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Nov 11, 2006)
The United States' economic growth seems to be slowing and expectations are that things will worsen before they get better.
- Pentagon Seeking New Iraq Plan (International Herald Tribune, CP Bhambhri, Nov 11, 2006)
The Pentagon's top general said Friday that military leaders were taking a hard look at what changes were needed in their strategy in Iraq. But the White House said its definition of success there had not changed.
- India-Born Pleads Not Guilty To Selling Us Secrets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer has pleaded not guilty to selling military secrets to China so the communist nation could develop a hard-to-detect cruise missile.
- Oprah Said It (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Nov 11, 2006)
My first “shock moment” since I started watching television so as to be able to write about it; and to think it came courtesy Star World, which definitely carries more entertainment than news channels. Sunday evening, and I was channel surfing as . . .
- Nepal Pm Admits Peace 'Gamble' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
Nepal's Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala, says he took a major political gamble joining hands with the Maoist rebels, but the result was worth it.
- Community Of Differences (Indian Express, Imtiaz Ahmad, Nov 11, 2006)
Since the statistics relating to the representation of Muslims in government employment leaked out, there has been extended discussion on the current situation of the community and what might be done to ameliorate it.
- Pm Band-Aid Not Helping Farmers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
For all his conservative economic rhetoric of tax cuts and free markets, US President George W Bush could not be more socialist when it comes to his country’s 24,800 cotton farmers.
- Rare Honour For Seven-Year-Old In England (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
An India-born seven-year-old boy in Norwich, eastern England, has been honoured for his proficiency in English.
- Rediscover The Sheer Joy Of Being (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Nov 11, 2006)
In the 1980s, when crack ruled America’s inner cities, Shawn Carter was a teenaged street entrepreneur selling crack and other drugs.
- Boucher Sees Pak Terror Link (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2006)
The USA today said the terrorist groups responsible for attacks in India, including in Mumbai recently, have “origin” and “links” in Pakistan and hoped the anti-terror joint mechanism proposed to be set up by the two neighbours would produce results.
- Mission Incorrigible (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Nov 10, 2006)
Few bad books are so bad that they deserve review.
- Nri Leaks Us Secrets To China, Faces Death (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
An India-born US citizen, accused of working for China to produce a cruise missile that is hard to detect and intercept, is facing additional charges, some of which carry a possible death sentence, federal officials said.
- House Bound (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 10, 2006)
The government of Mr George W. Bush has been rendered lame by the victory of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives.
- Hour Of The Hangman (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Nov 10, 2006)
Bloodthirstiness, thou art afoot, and not just in Iraq.
- Lift Embargo Against Cuba, Un Tells Usa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
For the 15th straight year, the 192-member the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly asked the USA to lift its 45-year old unilateral economic and commercial embargo against Cuba as soon as
- How Delhi Fell Off The Master Plan (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Nov 10, 2006)
Delhi, India’s eternal capital city, has over the centuries and ages enticed emperors as variegated as the mythical Pandavas (Indraprastha), the Tomars (Lal Kot), the Khiljis (Siri), the Tughlaqs (Tughlaqabad, Jahanpanah and Kotla . . .
- Opium In The Living Room (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2006)
As the tidal wave of eco-puritanism swells darkly on the horizon, it may not be the best time to launch your latest non-recyclable chunk of plastic and silicon. And Sony’s new computer-game console, PlayStation3 — launched in Japan this weekend . . .
- ‘Pakistani Taliban’ Says Behind Suicide Attack (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
An unidentified man telephoned Pakistani journalist Rahimullah Yousafzai in Peshawar today saying ‘Pakistani Taliban’ carried out Wednesday’s suicide bombing at an army camp in the North West Frontier Province to avenge the military’s airstrike on . . .
- Gates Closed Window Of Indo-Pak War (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Nov 10, 2006)
President Bush's nominee to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary is a man who is famously, and perhaps exaggeratedly, credited with preventing a nuclear war between India and Pakistan after telling Islamabad to lay off Kashmir and warning it . . .
- George Lowers Partisan Tone (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Hamstrung by the collapse of his Republican majority in Congress, President George Bush faced the humbling task on Thursday of reaching across party lines to top Democrats swept to power by voter anger over his Iraq policy.
- Britain Hesitant To Accept Pak Role In Terror (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Nov 10, 2006)
How does one sum up the last visit of the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, to the UK in October this year? According to Indian and British sources, it was an excellent visit.
- The Pains Of Bhagirathi (Hindu, APS MALHOTRA , Nov 10, 2006)
Director Anwar Jamal talks about his association with the Tehri dam struggle and his well known documentary "Call of the Bhagirathi".
- Commoner Over Clergy (Times of India, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Nov 10, 2006)
The response of clergy to the statement of Shabana Azmi on the veil issue was on expected lines. They took no trouble to deal with the real issue but launched a vitriolic attack against Azmi, attacking her faith and profession.
- Democrats Sweep Us Congress (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Hope to work with Bush, bring change in US policy on Iraq
- The Bruiser Who Became A Political Liability (Hindu, Julian Borger , Nov 10, 2006)
Days before the election, George W. Bush told journalists that there was no way Donald Rumsfeld would leave his job during the President's administration. But, as Mr. Rumsfeld famously once observed, "stuff happens."
- A Demonstration Of The Popular Will (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Nov 10, 2006)
Daniel ortega, blessed by the church, flanked by a former Contra as his Vice-President and still loathed by the U.S.
- Nuke Hopes Alive Despite Poll Defeat (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Nov 10, 2006)
The Bush administration hasn’t given up hopes of pushing through the Indo-US civil nuclear energy deal in the lame duck Congress even as its Democratic Party rival wrested control of the two Houses of US Congress ...
- Procession All Grace And Majesty (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , Nov 10, 2006)
Devotees line up on the road to see Andal carry the golden pitcher of Cauvery water to the temple.
- Donald Ducks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2006)
It doesn’t matter whether Donald Rumsfeld jumped or was pushed. After the political hammering the Republicans got in Tuesday’s US mid-term elections, Rumsfeld could surely not have stayed on at the Pentagon.
- Nuclear Deal: Delayed But Not Quite Dead (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 10, 2006)
The Democrats' resounding victory in Congress makes the task of tying up the India-U.S. nuclear agreement's loose ends more difficult but the underlying strategic rationale for the deal from the American perspective remains strong.
- Bush Faces Two Years Of Compromises (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Nov 10, 2006)
In his own dream world, George W Bush continued to wage his misbegotten war, vowing to "stay the course" (or whatever was the formulation of the hour).
- Ballot Boxes Choke Storeroom (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The state election authorities are in a fix as over 16,000 ballot boxes have occupied a lot of space in the storeroom, leaving no place for other material to be kept there.
- Casualty Of Iraq War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2006)
By replacing Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with former CIA chief Robert Gates soon after the mid-term Congressional elections, President George W. Bush indirectly admitted that the Rumsfeld Doctrine was the primary cause for the Republican defeat.
- Na Meets Under Pall Of Gloom, Anger Over Massacres (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Nov 10, 2006)
The National Assembly meets on Friday to begin a new session under a pall of gloom and anger over civilian and military massacres that may blow up in the house with challenges to the government's role in the so-called war on terrorism.
- Rise Of Pakistani Talibanism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf told the 99th Corps Commanders’ Conference at the General Headquarters (GHQ) on Tuesday that the government would not only tackle militancy with force but would also pursue peace through political means.
- ‘Qaeda, Taliban Come Together’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Al Qaeda is back in business and has a nexus with the Taliban, who have enlarged their agenda to include what they perceive as Islamic causes beyond the borders of Afghanistan, according to leading terrorism expert Peter Bergen.
- Turning Of The Tide In The Us (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 10, 2006)
The Democrats have been handed a golden opportunity to demonstrate leadership and determination by coming out with a credible master plan.
- Democrats Win Majority In U.S. Senate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Virginia victory completes sweep
- Changing Course In The Us (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 10, 2006)
The removal of Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary sends out a clear message that the defeat of the Republicans in the elections to the US Congress will have an immediate impact on US policy.
- Worries About India-China Economic Ties (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Nov 10, 2006)
Trade between India and China is set to cross the $20 billion mark by the end of this year. But recent moves to subject Chinese investments to special security clearances have come as a dampener.
- Drenched In Subsidies (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2006)
Human development is about allowing people to lead the lives that they value and enabling them to realise their potential as human beings.
- Centre `Has Cleared Special Economic Zone For Renewable Energy Devices' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Project will be funded jointly by the State Energy Development Agency and foreign companies
- Merits Of Quota (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 10, 2006)
Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, in his recent study “India Development And Participation,” along with Jean Dreze, had brought out how the reservation policy helped Tamil Nadu achieve health equity and facilitate rapid improvement in the . . .
- America Speaks (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 10, 2006)
A no-confidence vote against President Bush
- Cheer In Iraq, Iran Over Rumsfeld Exit (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 10, 2006)
"Downfall reflects America's defeat"
- Bush In Search Of New Ideas On Iraq (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Nov 10, 2006)
President George Bush said on Thursday that he was open to any suggestion that could ensure success of the US-backed democratic set-up in Iraq, signalling a change of approach towards a war he until recently wanted to win militarily.
- Bush Extends Olive Branch To Pelosi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
But tells Congress to complete a hefty list of assignments while Republicans are still in charge
- Deal In Doldrums? Usa Says So (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 10, 2006)
The USA today acknowledged that there is a “great deal of uncertainty” over the civil nuclear deal but said it was hopeful that the Bill on it would go through despite the change of power equations.
- Israel To Press On With Strikes (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Israel will keep targeting Palestinian rocket squads in Gaza despite the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday, as tens of thousands of Palestinians buried 18 victims of an errant Israeli . . .
- Lanka Sinks Tiger Boats (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s military said it sank 22 Tamil Tiger boats in a sea battle today after what it said was a rebel attempt to sink a passenger ship with 300 civilians aboard in a suicide attack.
- Nuclear Deal With Us Made Easier For India To Digest (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Nov 10, 2006)
India and the United States have reached a breakthrough in talks over the landmark nuclear deal, and the agreement being prepared will not bar New Delhi from detonating nuclear devices, a senior official has told the Hindustan Times.
- End To A Game Of Rummy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 10, 2006)
Almost every account of the mess in Iraq today places the blame on Donald Rumsfeld, who resigned as US Secretary of Defence in the wake of the electoral rout of the Republican party this week. In his book, State of Denial, Bob Woodward revealed . . .
- Senate May Take Up Bill On Nuclear Deal: Mulford (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 10, 2006)
Number of amendments to Senate version of Bill reduced
U.S. positive about Nepal accord
- Exit Sealed, Govt Gropes To Save Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 10, 2006)
With all options to stop the sealing of illegal commercial establishments in Delhi’s residential areas exhausted, the Centre is planning an all-party meeting on the issue.
- Democrats Give Nuke Hope (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 10, 2006)
An outpouring of support from resurgent Congressional Democrats for the Indo-US nuclear deal has given legislation in the Senate for implementing the agreement between prime minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush a new lease of life.
- Iraq Puts Civilian Toll At 150,000 (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
A stunning new death count emerged Thursday, as Iraq's health minister estimated at least 150,000 civilians had been killed in the war — about three times previously accepted estimates.
- Truce With Israel Over, Says Hamas Head After Beit Hanoun Deaths (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday he was "very distressed" about a pre-dawn Israeli artillery attack that killed 18 civilians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza village of Beit Hanoun Wednesday.
- Bush Wrestles With A New Reality (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Call it political pragmatism, if you wish, but President Bush was simply breathtaking in his ability to discard a position he took as recently as last week - that he would retain Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who was doing a "fantastic job."
- Palestinians Mourn Civilians Killed By Israel (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
In the Gaza town of Beit Hanun Thursday, a Palestinian man carried the body of Maram Athamnah, who was killed in an Israeli raid.
- After Bush's Midterm Defeat, What Now For Iraq? (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
As George Bush digests his electoral defeat, he is forced to examine fresh options to tackle the disastrous consequences of war
- Bush Forced To Accept New Political Reality In The Us (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Promises of co-operation and invocations of bipartisanship fill the air. But the hard reality is that clashes will be frequent and inevitable between President George Bush and the incoming Democratic House and Senate in the next two years - . . .
- Pressure Mounts For New Iraq Strategy (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Pressure is mounting on George Bush to order a rapid change of course in Iraq as the world waits to see whether the Republicans' devastating electoral defeat will hasten a withdrawal of US and British forces.
- Handover To Iraqi Army 'Next Year' (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
American and Iraqi officials have set a date for giving Iraq’s forces responsibility for security across the country.
- Aso Should Be Axed For Nuke Comments: Opposition (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party of Japan and the People's New Party sent a letter to the prime minister Thursday demanding that Foreign Minister Taro Aso be dismissed for saying Japan must . . .
- When Robert M. Gates Came Calling (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 10, 2006)
Robert M. Gates, the man named by President George W. Bush as his nominee for the next U.S. Secretary of Defence, is a consummate Beltway insider with an extensive record of service within the American intelligence establishment going back at least . . .
- Times They Are A Changin' (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 10, 2006)
Now that the Democrats have gained control of the US Congress and the Senate, what is going to be the fate of the controversial Indo-US civil nuclear energy deal? Will it see the light of day, or does the process have to begin all over again when . . .
- Reid To Tell Judges To Spell Out Sentences Us-Style (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Judges are to be told to make clearer to the public the minimum and maximum jail terms that dangerous offenders should serve, as part of a sentencing shakeup proposed by the home secretary, John Reid, yesterday.
- Devastation In Dargai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2006)
Wednesday's suicide attack on a major Pakistan Army training camp in Dargai, near Peshawar, in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) left 42 dead and constituted the worst jihadi attack on a military establishment in the country.
- Hatchet Buried Over Lunch (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
President Bush reconciled with Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi after Democrats gave his Republicans a trouncing on Election Day, but not before handing House Republican leaders a long legislative wish-list for the “lame duck” session that they will . ..
- Mickey Out Of Donald (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2006)
No sooner had Democrats captured one House, than President George W Bush began cleaning another.
- 'Pak Taliban' Claims Responsibility (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
A probe into the attack on Pakistani troops waging a counter-insurgency campaign along the Afghan border was progressing well, an investigator said on Thursday, as a previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed . . .
- Peace Deal In Nepal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2006)
TUESDAY’S midnight deal between the Maoist rebels and the Seven-Party Alliance comes as a ray of hope for the Nepalese who see the agreement as a significant step towards the restoration of peace and democracy in their country.
- Not Daring To Be Superpower (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Nov 10, 2006)
Since last October, you can fly to China direct from Delhi. That's only one of many signs that China is becoming a more tangible reality of everyone's life even in India - if there was a need for any new signs of it at all.
- Democrats’ Victory (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2006)
For six years, latterly with the backing of both houses of a markedly conservative Republican Congress, George Bush has led an American administration that has played an unprecedentedly negative and polarising role in the world’s affairs.
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