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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 31829:
- A Hero In Death (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 08, 2006)
Occasionally, like any doomed man, Saddam Hussein played with the notion of a last-minute reprieve.
- Prisoners Of The Past (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2006)
Politics is said to be the art of the possible.
- Saddam Returns To A 2nd Trial (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Saddam Hussein returned to court Tuesday, to the dock where he erupted in fury and frustration against the death sentence imposed on him 48 hours earlier. But this time, it was a different Saddam who showed up, a courteous arguer of legal points who . . .
- The Car Craze Sweeps Russia’S Rich (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Moscow has more millionaires than London and New York. The super-rich are now airbrushing their foreign cars!
- Judges, Beware (Times of India, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 08, 2006)
The National Judicial Council Bill, to be placed before Parliament, is an attempt to make the judiciary more accountable to the people.
- Democrats Are Smiling But New Delhi Isn’T Too Anxious (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Nov 08, 2006)
Contrary to conventional wisdom that the widely anticipated gains of the Democratic Party in today’s US Congressional elections would kill the Indo-US nuclear deal, informed betting here is that the odds are better than even in favour of the Senate . . .
- Sealing Fates? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s latest rebuke of the Delhi government’s ‘inability’ to follow the court’s order to seal illegal shops may have finally forced the latter’s hand, but it still has not solved the problem. Last week, we had commented on the manner . . .
- Toyota Sees Record High Sales, Profits In First Half (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday reported record sales and profits for the first half of fiscal 2006 and revised its projected operating profit to 2.2 trillion yen for the full year through March.
- Sindh’S ‘Ghost’ Schools (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 08, 2006)
THE Sindh chief minister’s assurance that his government is making all-out efforts to realise the dream of universal literacy will be widely welcomed, albeit with a pinch of salt.
- Nicaragua: Back To The Future? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 08, 2006)
A Prominently moustachioed figure from the past has been haunting United States officials of late. No, I don’t mean Saddam Hussein, who was sentenced to death last Sunday in what is predictably (and unconvincingly) being hailed in certain quarters . . .
- Us Senate Down To The Wire (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
On the eve of the 2006 midterm elections, a last-minute tightening in the polls of Senate contests from Montana to Rhode Island to Maryland has thrown some doubt into the calculations of pundits who had come to see a Democratic takeover as possible.
- A Shift Coming In (Christian Science Monitor, Howard LaFranchi, Nov 08, 2006)
'Stay the course' and 'cut and run' aren't options. Speaking to 'axis of evil' neighbors may be.
- Too Close For Comfort (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Ever since the U.S. Census Bureau released figures last month showing that married-couple households are now a minority, my phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from people asking: "How can we save marriage? How can we make Americans . . . .
- Suicide & Mental Health (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Nov 08, 2006)
THE Pakistan Association for Mental Health will be looking into various aspects of the problem of suicide when it observes mental health day belatedly on Sunday.
- The Hidden Valley (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2006)
Once out of Gangtok, the mountainscapes are wild and beautiful... look out for valleys that take your breath away.
- The American Connection (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Nov 07, 2006)
There are striking similarities between life in India and the U.S. And, important differences too...
- Debates On Difference (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Nov 07, 2006)
"Amidst all our concern about security, and the real threat of terrorism, we run a grave risk of demonising Muslims".
- Nightmare Figures (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Nov 07, 2006)
A recent study by the Johns Hopkins University has put the death toll in Iraq since the coalition invasion at 6,55,000, ten times the figure cited by Western media.
- Candidates Make Dash For Finish Line (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Exhausted candidates across the country delivered their final appeals on Monday, closing a campaign that will determine the balance of power in Washington for the next two years and render a judgment about President Bush and the war in Iraq.
- India’S Congress Party Satisfied With Saddam Verdict (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 07, 2006)
India’s Congress party on Monday ‘noted with satisfaction’ that there is an automatic appeal provision in deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s death sentence and that as such the verdict is still not final, said Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
- Injuries Revive Bid To Ban Cluster Bombs (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Hassan Hammade was picking oranges near his home when a strange object fell from a tree in front of him. The 13-year-old picked it up.
- Bush And Rove, Still Strategizing (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
President Bush and his political partner, Karl Rove, ended it where they started it: in this sliver of Northwest Florida that arguably gave them their 2000 victory.
- Japan Talk Of Nukes 'Not Desirable': Ban (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Ban Ki Moon, South Korea's foreign minister and the next U.N. secretary general, voiced concern Monday over discussions in Japan about the possibility of developing nuclear weapons in response to the recent nuclear test by North Korea.
- Bourses Under Terror Threat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Lahore Stock Exchange MD says intelligence agencies have not informed about potential terrorist attack so far
- Israeli Minister Calls For Arab-Free Israel (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Less than a week after being appointed to the Israeli cabinet, ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman called for Israel to become "as much as possible" an all-Jewish country without an Arab minority.
- A Flawed Verdict (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2006)
After a trial that most international observers called seriously flawed, Mr Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging.
- What's Happening `Inside China's Stock Markets'? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 07, 2006)
"China has enjoyed its greatest period of international investor enthusiasm in history," note authors of Privatizing China. A. Besant C. Raj investigates this success in comparison to India in Unravelling the China Miracle. Sun Shuyun takes the . . .
- North Korea Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2006)
North korea's decision to return to the “six party” negotiations on its nuclear programme is, first and foremost, a victory for China and its strategy of preserving Kim Jong Il’s totalitarian regime.
- Another Hanging Gone Wrong (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 07, 2006)
The High Tribunal in Baghdad has finally sentenced Iraq’s tyrant for nearly thirty years, Saddam Hussein, to death by hanging for killing 148 Shias in Dujail in 1982.
- Of Gains And Losses (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Nov 07, 2006)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni focuses on the immigrant experience, the flitting between the old and the new, from a woman's perspective.
- Candidates Make Dash For Finish Line (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Exhausted candidates across the country delivered their final appeals on Monday, closing a campaign that will determine the balance of power in Washington for the next two years and render a judgment about President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.
- First Impression (Hindu, Suchitra Behal, Nov 07, 2006)
Remember the adage: "Oh what a tangled web we weave; when first we practise to deceive".
- Enduring Cult (Hindu, Sheila Kumar, Nov 07, 2006)
A new release looks at Ayn Rand's contribution to literature, philosophy and religion.
- The Angry Periphery (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Nov 07, 2006)
In Theft, Carey explores Australia's ambivalent relation to the Western artistic tradition.
- Arrivals And Departures (Hindu, S. SIVADAS, Nov 07, 2006)
The impact of displacements and the constant pull of the countries abandoned form the leitmotif of most stories.
- Lessons From Nepal (Times of India, Ashish Kothari, Nov 07, 2006)
On September 24, 24 people perished in a helicopter accident in the Nepal Himalaya. Several of those who died Nepalese state minister for forests and soil conservation, Gopal Rai, and prominent conservationists like Chandra Gurung, Mingma Norbu Sherpa, .
- Tracking Internet Use (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2006)
The potential of the internet — as a source of information, as an efficient interface between the government, non-governmental institutions, and ordinary citizens, and as the means of delivering a wide range of services — is immense.
- Trial Was Brought To The Verge Of Anarchy (Hindu, Michael Howard, Nov 07, 2006)
The fairness of Saddam Hussein's trial was a vital concern in a country trying to bring reconciliation between its Sunni minority and the Shia majority.
- Brokering Peace In Iraq (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Nov 07, 2006)
The part played by the U.N. Security Council in shaping events in Iraq during the wars.
- Dalrymple's Yawn-Less Yarn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Raconteur William Dalrymple brought alive the history of revolution with a few words.
- To The Victor Belongs The Judge's Gavel (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 07, 2006)
The show trial of Saddam Hussein was not just a violation of international legal norms by a court operating under the reality of foreign occupation but also an insult to the victims in whose name this political farce was enacted.
- Japan, U.S. Vow To Keep Pressing North Over Nukes (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Japan and the United States agreed Monday to keep pressuring North Korea to end its nuclear weapons drive, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said after meeting with Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs.
- Bird Flu Mutates, Remains Pandemic Risk (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia.
- The Hidden Valley (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2006)
Once out of Gangtok, the mountainscapes are wild and beautiful... look out for valleys that take your breath away.
- After The Falls (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Here I am in remotest northern Peru, hard on the trail of the world’s third-largest anticlimax.
- Empowering Women In Bangladesh (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Nov 07, 2006)
The collective noun is a poor cousin of the proper; the singular belongs to a higher caste than the plural.
- Kashmir Muslims Divided On Verdict (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 07, 2006)
Saddam was a "tyrant," says Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Muslim League chairman praises Saddam for defiance
"Case should be heard by an international tribunal".
- At Least 10 Killed In Twin Blasts In Assam (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Ten people were killed and a dozen wounded when two powerful bombs exploded in Guwahati on Sunday, police said. The first bomb exploded in a crowded market in the heart of the city, killing five people, police said.
- Us Goes Organic (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Nov 07, 2006)
Recent medical research has traced the origin of a number of illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's to the type of food consumed.
- Time To Sow An Organic Revolution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 07, 2006)
Organic farming is now acknowledged the world over as a sustainable model for alleviating poverty and increasing prosperity.
- Looking Within (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
How well do we know our family, friends and even the people we think ourselves to be?
- Oddball Winners (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Nov 07, 2006)
The book profiles maverick companies that, not content with merely beating the opposition, are out-thinking them as well.
- A Truckload Of Laughs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Through the eyes of a child, America of the 50s lies exposed in so delightful a way that you will be left asking for more.
- The Irrelevance Of Politics (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Nov 07, 2006)
Financial market reaction to the increase in tensions on the Korean Peninsula over the past month has been rather telling.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2006)
It would be a gross understatement to call them crib deaths. Nothing short of infant mortality has struck Kolkata with as many as 23 newborns dying in 48 hours at the BC Roy Memorial Hospital.
- Breakthrough In Nepal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 07, 2006)
Nepal’s deputy prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli met external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee just hours before the leaders of the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance in Nepal sat down to hammer through a deal after months of negotiations and near . . .
- Avoid Milk For Better Health (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Nov 07, 2006)
No product has been as heavily advertised as milk. Using religion, science, doctors, teachers, bureaucracy, film stars and whosoever can influence the sale, the Government has tried to ensure that everyone buys milk or any of its forms.
- The World Is Witness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 07, 2006)
Saddam Hussein’s trial and death sentence witnesses the intersection of two parallel lines. One flows from contemporary international law that places a premium on national sovereignty.
- Us Biz Tourism Hit By Travel Curbs: Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
The US is losing substantial numbers of business travelers to Europe because of the stringent security measures it imposes on international visitors, says a report by a tourism industry group released on Monday.
- American Soldiers Die (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
The U.S. military on Monday announced the deaths of five American troops, two in a helicopter crash north of Baghdad and three in fighting west of Baghdad.
- Don't Buy Med-Kits From Tainted Supplier, Centre Tells States (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Nov 07, 2006)
The Centre has asked States to defer procurement from private firm embroiled in supply of expired testing kits to West Bengal. National AIDS Control Organisation has also written to Drug Controller General of India to initiate inquiry and take action . .
- Judgement Day (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 07, 2006)
In pronouncing Mr Saddam Hussein guilty of slaughtering political opponents in a specific case in 1982 and sentencing him to death, the Baghdad-based tribunal trying the former Iraqi President has triggered an explosion of imponderables.
- A Fractured Conscience (Telegraph, Dilip Simeon, Nov 07, 2006)
For a system with so much blood on its hands, Afzal Guru’s death sentence is an example of breathtaking hypocrisy, writes Dilip Simeon.
- Noose On Iraq (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2006)
The verdict of death sentence delivered upon Saddam Hussein needs to be separated from the rights and wrongs of the American invasion of Iraq.
- Death Wards (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2006)
Apart from their control over the political, and now economic, destiny of the state, West Bengal’s ministers have reconciled themselves to certain facts of life — a pestilential woman-led opposition to a dream project and the shame that goes by the . .. .
- The New Conjuncture (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2006)
Steel was hardly ever in the news in the past thirty years; suddenly in the past year, Lakshmi Mittal and Ratan Tata put it on the front pages.
- Americans Go To The Polls Today (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 07, 2006)
Americans will vote in the mid-term elections tomorrow and by all assessments Democrats are likely to regain the control of Congress after over a decade.
- Hypocritical Justice (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Nov 07, 2006)
So America’s one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington’s best friend in the Arab world.
- On The Banks Of Cherwell (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Nov 07, 2006)
The President of Wolfson College in his ecclesiastical robes, with half a dozen dons sitting on either side, greeted me when I entered his office.
- Verdict Not Expected To Rescue Bush (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Nov 07, 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.
- Death For Saddam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2006)
No one in the world, perhaps, expected any other verdict than the one delivered by the High Tribunal trying former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
- Sealing On, Govt In A Bind (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Nov 07, 2006)
The Centre today expressed helplessness in providing relief from sealing to traders in the National Capital in the wake of the Supreme Court’s verdict, even as the Group of Ministers (GoM) pondered over the possible legislative options available to . . .
- Democrats' Win In Polls May Nuke India-Us Deal (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Nov 07, 2006)
The India-US nuclear deal could be one of the many casualties in an American mid-term election on Tuesday.
- Saddam's Sentence Lacks Legitimacy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 07, 2006)
The death sentence handed out to deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and two of his co-defendants, for their role in the killing of 148 Shias is problematic on several counts.
- Peripheral Vision (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 07, 2006)
India's approach to its borderlands has historically been marked by a colonial hangover. We treat border zones not as integral parts of the country, but as buffer zones between India and its neighbours.
- Exclusive Interview: Renuka Chowdhury (Times of India, Nilanjana Bhaduri Jha, Nov 07, 2006)
When she first entered Parliament as a young Rajya Sabha MP, she was hailed as the real-life Rajni, after a popular TV character who took up cudgels for the underdog.
- Justice & Realpolitik (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2006)
It is possible to be circumspect about at least some parts of the legal architecture that surrounds the Saddam Hussein verdict and yet keep the necessarily hard-headed calculations of national interest in mind.
- Saddam: More Queries Than Answers (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Nov 07, 2006)
The much-awaited death sentence handed to the former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, creates more complications than it solves.
- Iraq Begins To Lift Curfew, Drafts Law To Reinstate Saddam Backers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Iraq began on Monday to lift a curfew imposed in Baghdad to quell any insurgent backlash against the death sentence passed on Saddam Hussein, even as the US military announced on Monday the deaths of five more American soldiers.
- Changes Ahead For Bush (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
If the balance of political power in Washington changes on Tuesday, will President Bush change with it?
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