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Articles 921 through 1020 of 31829:
- Sachar Report Seditious (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2006)
In a front page report headlined “Sachar as Sonia’s nemesis...This country won’t allow another Jinnah”, writer Easwaran Nambudiri lambasts the findings of the prime minister’s high-level committee headed by Justice (Retd) Rajinder Sachar on the . . .
- By George, What An Ambush! (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 09, 2006)
Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party on Tuesday and were poised to win a majority in the Senate in an election seen as a referendum on President George W. Bush's leadership and the war in Iraq.
- Suicide Bomber Blows Up 42 Soldiers In Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
A suicide bomber killed 42 Pakistani soldiers at an army training ground today in an attack that the military said was linked to a bloody army assault on a militant camp last week.
- News Of The Month (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Nov 09, 2006)
The news of the month isn’t the Democratic capture of the US House of Representatives; the real news is the appointment of a racist Israeli politician, Avigdor Lieberman, as deputy prime minister of that country.
- Action Replay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 09, 2006)
Rebels in India’s North-east have a history of degenerating into mindless killers.
- Not By George (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Nov 09, 2006)
The liberal position is that the Republicans and more particularly George Bush lost on account of Iraq. The conservative position (what I call the Wall Street Journal view) is that the Republican defeat was well-deserved, because they didn’t stay . . .
- Divided They Rule (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 09, 2006)
The Republican Party’s comeuppance in Tuesday’s biennial Congressional elections underlines an iron law of American politics.
- Democrats Win Us Polls, Nuclear Deal Not Lost Yet (Hindustan Times, PRAMIT PAL CHAUDHURI, Nov 09, 2006)
A New United States Congress was voted in on Wednesday, but it is the old Congress that will meet next Monday in the so-called lame-duck session.
- Democrats’ Cradle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 09, 2006)
After twelve eventful years, the political pendulum has swung away from the right towards the centre in the United States.
- A Weakened Bush (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2006)
As predicted by many poll pundits, President Bush’s Republican Party suffered a drubbing in one of the most keenly contested mid-term US Congressional elections.
- Us Wants Change, Gets Set For Challenge, Confrontation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Voters decided they want change, but they also are bound to get challenge and confrontation in a Government split between Democrats and a Republican President determined not to cede ground in his final two White House years.
- Bushfire On The Hill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 09, 2006)
The inevitable has happened. The Republicans have taken a drubbing in Tuesday's mid-term Congressional polls, losing their majority in the House and barely managing to keep pace with the Democrats in a neck-and-neck race for control over the Senate.
- First Muslim Elected To Us Congress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Keith Ellison made history on Tuesday night when he became the first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress.
- 12 Years Later, Day Belongs To Democrats (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 09, 2006)
In a stunning blow to President George W Bush, Democrats have swept Republicans out of power in the US House of Representatives and made impressive gains in the Senate race that appeared headed for a photo-finish.
- 'Cheating' In Congo's Vote Count (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
An ally of presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba has claimed there is evidence of cheating in vote counting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Govt To Ask Rbi & Sebi To Prepare Negative List Of Tax Havens (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
The government will ask banking regulator RBI and market regulator SEBI to prepare a negative list of tax havens in a bid to check misuse of tax treaties, especially with Mauritius.
- India Halts Pakistan Border Goose-Stepping (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Indian troops guarding the Wagah border with Pakistan have halted an aggressive military ceremony ahead of a resumption of talks next week, officials said Wednesday.
- Tdp’S Left Turn (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Nov 09, 2006)
Once the best known face of reforms and secular credentials, former Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has now turned a champion of populism and minority appeasement.
- After One Child, It's One Dog Policy (Pioneer, Scott McDonald, Nov 09, 2006)
First it was one child. Now authorities say Beijing families will be allowed only one dog.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal May Take Some Time (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Nov 09, 2006)
Even as former US Secretary of State William C.Cohen stressed that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal must go through as it is "critical for stability" in Asia, the victory of the Democrats in the American Congressional elections has brought to the . . .
- In The Court Of Bahadur Shah (OutLook, Khushwant Singh, Nov 09, 2006)
This is how history should be written, breathing life back into characters long dead and gone.
- Neo Bhai Bhaists (OutLook, B. Raman , Nov 09, 2006)
Why is that those against American participation in telecom are now taking up cudgels on behalf of their Chinese mentors? Even at the risk of a misunderstanding with the Chinese, we should pay attention to the belated concerns of security agencies.
- Into The Tigers' Claws (OutLook, B. Raman , Nov 09, 2006)
One of the most important principles of counter-terrorism is that the state should maintain a moral high ground even while dealing with terrorists. Some of the methods being used by the Rajapakse government run the risk of playing into the LTTE's hands.
- Stolen Childhood (OutLook, Jayati Ghosh, Nov 09, 2006)
India has the world's largest child labourer population, and ineffective laws and the absence of a multi-pronged strategy perpetuate the malady.
- Problems On The Education Front (OutLook, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Nov 09, 2006)
The link between compulsory education and elimination of child labour was underscored at the time when the SSA was launched.
- No Glory In Arms Exports (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 09, 2006)
It is easy to lose sight of priorities when reason is overshadowed by jingoism and narrow interpretations of national interest.
- Long Way To Go (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Travel through the districts of Varanasi and Mirzapur, rated as the hotbed of child labour rackets and anti-child labour activism in Uttar Pradesh, and it is evident that the October 10 notification of the Union Labour Ministry with enhanced . . . .
- The Democrats’ Comeback (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 09, 2006)
The American mid-term polls have sprung no surprise. Opinion polls had predicted a sweeping win for the Democrats, at least in the 435-member House of Representatives.
- Iraqi Police Charged With Torture (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Iraqi authorities charged 57 members of the Shi'ite-dominated Iraqi police force, including a general, in the suspected torture of hundreds of detainees at a prison in east Baghdad, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday.
- Air Strike Damages Musharraf's Peace Strategy (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's strategy of making peace deals with local leaders on his country's border with Afghanistan faces an uncertain future after a deadly air strike last week on a religious school in the area, analysts say.
- Region: ‘Us Misjudges World View On Nuclear Row’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Iran’s most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday the United States was wrong to think the world opposed Tehran’s nuclear programme.
- A Judicial Landmark? (Deccan Herald, Max Hastings, Nov 08, 2006)
The verdict on Saddam is just, but everything stinks about the process by which it has been reached.
- Punish Bush Too: George (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
NDA convenor and former defence minister George Fernandes condemned the death penalty awarded to former Iraq President Saddam Hussein by what he called a judge appointed by the US and its allies.
- Trouble Likely In Delhi As Sealing To Restart (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Trouble may erupt on the streets of New Delhi on Wednesday with the authorities planning to resume sealing of unauthorised business establishments from Wednesday morning.
- Key Nepal Talks Resume (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Last-minute talks between Nepal’s government and Maoist rebels began today to clinch a deal to end a conflict in which thousands have died in the Himalayan nation, negotiators said.
- Indian American Selected As Boston Court Judge (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 08, 2006)
An Indian American woman attorney, who has attracted attention with her deft handling of a baby murder case, has been handpicked by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to be a circuit district court judge in Boston.
- Saddam Issue Likely To Cast Shadow Over Left-Upa Meet (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2006)
Unconvinced with the Prime Minister's indirect snub to the Left about lack of appreciation of changing global scenario, the Left leaders on Tuesday gave clear hints they were in no mood to oblige the PM.
- 'They Cut Off The Snake Head That Was Saddam' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The day in Baghdad belonged to the Shias. Their government had returned. Their dead were resting easier. And the generous humour that used to grace faces here was back.
- Verdict Not Expected To Rescue Bush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The death sentence on Saddam Hussein, coming just two days before the US midterm election, is not expected rescue the Republican Party from losing control of the Congress.
- Finger Ponting (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 08, 2006)
The controversy over the apparent "pushing away" of Board of Control for Cricket in India president and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, from the podium, moments after he presented the Champions' Trophy to the Australian cricket team, hides . . .
- Return Of An Old Communist (Pioneer, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 08, 2006)
Daniel Ortega, the revolutionary Marxist who battled a US-backed Contra insurgency in the 1980s, if declared elected by Nicaragua's Electoral Council, will be back as President of this Latin American country which made liberation theology . . . .
- West Winks At Musharraf (Pioneer, Wilson John, Nov 08, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been a really clever dictator, successfully hiding from the world his regime's gross human rights abuses.
- Lynchpin Of Sunni Resistance? (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 08, 2006)
Occasionally, like any doomed man, Saddam Hussein played with the notion of a last-minute reprieve.
- Maoists Descend On Kathmandu, Demand Money And Free Lodging (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal are allegedly forcing residents to provide free shelter and food to the rebels who are gathering in the capital to take part in the national convention of the 'Naya Mukti Morcha'.
- State Department Praises Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The US State Department on Tuesday praised India's new foreign minister, saying Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looks forward to working with Pranab Mukherjee.
- Wto Finally Welcomes Vietnam (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 08, 2006)
The World Trade Organization (WTO), on Tuesday, cleared the decks for Vietnam to become its 150th member, a development, which India said augured well for the global trade body at a time when the future of Doha trade talks to liberalise global . . . .
- Praful Bidwai: (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Nov 08, 2006)
India must radically reorient its foreign policy to promote universal principles and egalitarian values, not narrow self-interest.
- Preserving Tibetan Culture (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2006)
The Chinese Government is keen on developing the region's culture.
- New Signals On The Tarmac (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2006)
An important potential hurdle in the privatisation and modernisation of Mumbai and Delhi international airports has been cleared by the Supreme Court when it rejected the appeal filed by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG).
- Best Foot Forward (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The amazing phenomenon of the almost double-digit growth of the Chinese economy year-after-year continues to draw admiration from Communist China’s critics and admirers alike.
- Blair-Bush Divide Over Saddam Verdict? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 08, 2006)
Perhaps IT has not been widely noticed that the reactions of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and United States President George W. Bush's to the death sentence against Saddam Hussein has been in striking contrast to their "shoulder- to-shoulder" . . .
- With A 3-Year Ba, You Can Now Join An American College (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Universities in the US have started accepting three-year bachelor’s degrees for admission to their graduate schools, a move that straightaway opens the doors of higher studies in American varsities to a massive Indian pool of three-year BA, BCom . . . .
- China’S Economic Growth Is Not Just ‘Economic Growth’ (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Nov 08, 2006)
It is a grave error to be mesmerised by China’s economic growth as if it were just ‘economic growth’.
- U.K., U.S. Resisting Ban On Cluster Bombs (Hindu, George Monbiot, Nov 08, 2006)
THE CENTRAL mystery of the modern state is this. The necessary resources, both economic and political, will always be found for the purpose of terminating life.
- On Sealing And Social Costs (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2006)
"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook," wrote William James. The words of the 19th century American philosopher, who developed a theory on pragmatism, have a significant ring in the context of the narrow and unidimensional . . . .
- India-Born Qaeda Man Gets Life Term (Hindustan Times, Vijay Dutt, Nov 08, 2006)
India-born Dhiren Barot, who allegedly plotted to bomb key installations in the United Kingdom and the United States, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday.
- Life-Term For India-Born Al-Qaeda Man (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 08, 2006)
An India-born alleged Al-Qaeda militant on Tuesday was sentenced to life for plotting to launch terrorist attacks in Britain and America and kill hundreds of people.
- Iraq To Re-Employ Ba'ath Cadres (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 08, 2006)
Fearing a spurt in violence following the passing of the death sentence on the former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi Government is planning to re-employ former Ba'ath party members in large numbers.
- Thaksin Ready To Stand Trial, Says Lawyers (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Deposed Thai Prime Minister, Mr Thaksin Shinawatra is ready to stand trial and defend himself against any criminal charges, his lawyer said yesterday.
- Exporting Indian Alphas: Or Globalisation By Other Means (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 08, 2006)
A recent issue of The Economist highlighted the acute talent shortage facing the global workforce.
- Oil Mncs Ready India Plans, But Us Firms Stay Off Nelp (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Global oil and gas majors are queuing for the Indian oil and gas business, due to recent discoveries made by Reliance Industries (RIL), Cairn and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation.
- N Korea No Nuke State: Usa, Japan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The United States of America and South Korea affirmed they won’t recognise North Korea as a nuclear weapons state during high-level meetings today, where the two countries coordinated strategy for revived disarmament talks with Pyongyang.
- Kyrgyz Mps Make Constitution Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
MPs in Kyrgyzstan say they have reached a deal on a new draft constitution that will curb the powers of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
- Democrats Make Gains As Bush Suffers Backlash (Independent (UK), Rupert Cornwell, Nov 08, 2006)
Democrats took a clear advantage in early results from America's bitterly contested congressional midterm elections, gaining two Senate seats and making strides in the House of Representatives, where the Bush White House was last night braced for a . . .
- Bush Suffers In 'Bloody Eighth' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
An incipient Democrat surge in US midterm elections claimed its first victim early this morning when John Hostettler, the Republican House representative for the south-eastern corner of Indiana, suffered a dramatic defeat.
- Israel Kills 10, Pulls Out Of Gaza Town (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Israeli forces on Tuesday ended a weeklong offensive aimed at halting rocket attacks from this northern Gaza town, leaving behind a devastating scene of wrecked homes, uprooted trees and sewage-covered streets.
- India’S Infosys Aims To Lift Global Investor Profile (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Infosys Techn-ologies Ltd, India’s second-largest software exporter, said on Tuesday it hoped a conversion of around $1.5 billion of stock into American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) would raise its profile among global investors.
- India-Born Al Qaida Man Sentenced To Life (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Nov 08, 2006)
Britain has been reliving its worst terrorist nightmare ever as it sentenced for life, with a minimum of 40 years to serve in prison, Dhiren Barot, the Hindu convert of Indian origin described as the UK's most senior al-Qaida activist.
- Pakistan In Spotlight For Wrong Reasons (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Pakistan and Pakistanis seem to be hitting the media headlines here on a daily basis and that too in a negative sense, spoiling all the good work that the government in Islamabad keeps claiming it is doing to promote the country’s soft image.
- Open Skies With Asean (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Allowed, the country's airlines will quickly be ready to compete with the best in Asia.
- Blair Opposes Death Penalty For Saddam (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he is against the death penalty for `Saddam or anybody else’, but remained otherwise tight-lipped on the sentence passed on the former Iraqi president.
- Us Denies Role In Iraq Court’S Death Verdict (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The United States insisted on Tuesday that it played no role in an Iraqi court’s decision to sentence former dictator Saddam Hussein to death, a judgement assailed by allied government’s around the world.
- Bulent Ecevit: Man To Remember (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 08, 2006)
Bulent Ecevit (1925-2006), Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist, has aroused the kind of universal Turkish grief at his death which he richly deserved.
- Democrats May Nuke Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 08, 2006)
The Democrat-controlled United States Congress may put the brakes on the passage of the US-India civilian nuclear deal on Capitol Hill.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Nuclear Dream (International Herald Tribune, Donald Greenlees, Nov 08, 2006)
Seoul for two years in the mid- 1980s, Kim Dae Ho produced propaganda on North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear power.
- What’S Wrong With Two Eids? (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Nov 08, 2006)
AS usual, Pakistan celebrated two Eids this year on consecutive dates. But hold on, when I rang up my friend Musarrat Shah in Mardan on Eid day to wish him for their Eid held a day earlier, he said, “No, we didn’t have Eid yesterday, we had it . . . .
- Bush Faces Daunting Challenges In His Lame-Duck Years (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
With the contentious elections of 2006 behind him, President Bush must now determine how best to spend his remaining political capital in the final two years of a lame-duck presidency.
- Baath Party Warns Siege Of ‘Green Zone’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Iraq's disbanded Baath Party threatened to attack the heavily-protected "Green Zone" in Baghdad if the death sentence is carried out against its leader Saddam Hussein, in an Internet statement posted today.
- Support Systems (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 08, 2006)
From being infra dig, infrastructure has now become a buzzword and everyone talks about infrastructure. Infrastructure means all the various components that support any system and need not be economic infrastructure alone.
- Difficult Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 08, 2006)
It is possible to endlessly debate on what real democracy is all about. But there can be no dispute that a monarchy should have no place in a democracy.
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