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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 31829:
- Barot, Al-Qaeda Operative Of Indian Descent, Faces Sentencing In Uk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Dhiren Barot, a top Al-Qaeda operative captured in Britain, appeared in court amid heavy security on Monday for sentencing in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, and other major . . .
- A Quagmire Called Iraq (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 07, 2006)
Will the death sentence handed out to Saddam Hussein by an American-choreographed court change anything in Iraq or the region? Is the coup Americans said they were undertaking in Iraq to spread democracy in West Asia a step closer to realisation?
- Saddam Appeal Process Begins (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Judges put Saddam Hussein’s appeal process into motion on Monday as Baghdad found itself once more under round-the-clock curfew after the ousted president’s death sentence stirred Iraq’s sectarian tensions.
- India Improves Rank On Corruption Index (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
India has shown significant improvement in the perceived levels of corruption in public life, moving to 70 from the 88th position last year, on the list of most corrupt nations, according to a survey.
- The Argument Is Won, Now For Action (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Nov 07, 2006)
The debate is over. Those who have argued that the causality of global climate change is still empirically inconclusive must now not only drop the charge but also lend their weight to those who are calling for immediate and concerted international . . .
- Dangerous Nuclear Signs (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 06, 2006)
According to reports, at least six Arab countries are developing domestic nuclear power programmes to diversify their energy sources.
- Afghans Will Defeat Us, Says Former Isi Chief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
The United States will meet the same fate as did the former Soviet Union in Afghanistan and it has become clear that the Afghans are determined to drive out foreign occupation forces from their country, former chief of the Inter-Services . . .
- Stern Warning (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 06, 2006)
The overwhelming message of the much-leaked Stern review on the economics of climate change is that it is now time to move on from arguing about statistics to taking drastic action at an international level.
- Isro Going Loony? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 06, 2006)
It is somewhat intriguing to hear the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) suddenly talk about having an indigenous manned space programme in the next decade.
- Iran Test-Fires More Weapons In War Games (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Iran on Saturday announced it had successfully test-fired new anti-armour weaponry and an anti-helicopter missile system on the third day of its latest war games.
- Separate Arabs & Jews, Says Israel’S Deputy Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Describing Israel's Arab minority a big "problem", newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who has drawn flak in the past for his racist comments, has said that there should be a "separation" between Arabs and Jews.
- Death For Saddam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced on Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single town, as the ousted leader, defiant and trembling, shouted: “God is great!”
- Europe Plunges Into Darkness (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
A power shortage in Germany triggered blackouts across Europe, a German electricity firm said today, halting trains, trapping people in lifts and leaving millions of homes into darkness.
- Saddam Death Verdict Divides Iraq, Arabs (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
An Iraqi court expectedly sentenced a shaken but defiant Saddam Hussein to death by hanging on Sunday for crimes against humanity, driving a wedge between the strife-torn country’s embattled Shias and Sunnis and dividing the Arab world right down . . . .
- A Night In The Woods (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Nature and some great hospitality make Casa Deep Woods an ideal weekend retreat
- Political Reforms, A Must (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 06, 2006)
There has never been a time in India without demand for reforms of every kind — economic, electoral, administrative, police, judicial, educational, labour. Even the Constitution has been subjected to review by a national commission.
- Jindal's Success Spurs Fellow Indians To Enter Us Poll Race (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 06, 2006)
The runaway success of Bobby Jindal in the 2004 US Congressional elections has spurred a host of Indian Americans to throw their hats into the electoral ring this year.
- Udhampur: Killing Field For Jilted Jihadi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Six weeks after a class 12 student, Shamima Akhter, was strangulated to death by local militants after she refused to marry Hizbul Mujahideen militant Manzoor Ahmad alias Furkan, the same group of militants attacked her house late Saturday evenin . . .
- Saddam Convicted, Sentenced To Death (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced on Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!"
- Death To Saddam (Asian Age, Hamza Hendawi, Nov 06, 2006)
Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced on Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!"
- Madrasa Massacre (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2006)
It is unlikely that Pakistan will accept the demand from Human Rights Watch for an independent probe into the strike at a religious school in the Bajaur tribal district bordering Afghanistan, nor will the resultant protests actually threaten the . . .
- Blame Congress For Muslims’ Plight: Mulayam (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has said that the Congress alone was to be blamed for the plight of Muslim community in the country and their poor representation in Central government.
- In Pak, Hu To Sign New Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 06, 2006)
Nucl-ear energy for Pakistan and better relations with India through a series of bilateral agreements will be in Chinese President Hu Jintao’s travelling bag when he visits both New Delhi and Islamabad later this month.
- Nuclear Deal Hinges On Us Poll Result (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
The mid-term elections in the USA on Tuesday will be crucial not just for American policy, but also for the future of the India-US nuclear deal. While a likely date for the Senate Bill to be introduced is 16 November in the lame duck session . . .
- Crimes Against Journalists (Daily Times, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 06, 2006)
IT started innocently enough with a remark uttered in all seriousness by a guest at a recent dinner party.
- Lbod: Victim Of Flawed Planning (Daily Times, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 06, 2006)
The World Bank has offered a new action plan to Pakistan to mitigate the adverse fallout of the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) project on wetland fisheries habitats, resulting in great suffering for the people of Badin and Thatta districts in Sindh.
- The Reality About Gaffes (Daily Times, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 06, 2006)
A “GAFFE” is a true statement that outrages the hypocrites, who then mobilise to shut the truth-teller up. The most common gaffes are about politics and religion, because those are the areas where the level of hypocrisy is highest.
- Truth’S Healing Power (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 06, 2006)
The catalogue of events about which the people of Pakistan want to know the truth grows by the day. It is the staple of private conversations as well as that of public debate.
- Chile On Trial (Daily Times, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 06, 2006)
VILLA Grimaldi, in a suburb of Santiago, Chile, was where in the mid-1970s enemies of dictator Augusto Pinochet were sent to disappear.
- The Electronic Media Explosion (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 06, 2006)
In recent years, Pakistan has moved into the age of multiple-channel television broadcasting. The cable TV has brought the world close to the domestic viewers, earnestly making and shaping their opinions in the process.
- Us Military Papers Urge Bush To Sack Rumsfeld (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
US military newspapers will urge the Bush administration on Monday to sack Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
- Security Unplugged (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Nov 06, 2006)
Delhi Police has recently arrested two security personnel who were allegedly passing on sensitive information, in the form of documents, pen drives and CDs, about Army establishments to their Pakistani handlers.
- Moscow Wants Time Limit On Iran Curbs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday said that Moscow wanted the draft resolution for sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment to include "a time limit".
- Foreign Carriers Find Flying Profitable In India (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
International carriers, who survived the airline industry slump in 2001 and are seeking to consolidate gains, find flying to an economically resurgent India a profitable proposition.
- Decision Time On Iran (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Nov 06, 2006)
As the Iranian Government announced last week a doubling of its uranium enrichment programme, the UN Security Council bickered over a feeble European draft resolution.
- India Sees Flaws In Judicial Trial Of Saddam (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
India has frowned at the judicial process followed during the high-profile trial of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who was sentence to death on Sunday, and hoped that the verdict will not add to the suffering of the people of Iraq.
- Allies Pleased, Islamic World Outraged, India In Middle (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Iraq war protagonists, the United States and Britain on Sunday led those welcoming the death sentence handed to ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, but other nations and groups were more guarded, voicing concerns over his trial.
- Madam Speaker (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Nov 06, 2006)
Believe the Republicans, and a mortal threat faces the US House of Representatives next week.
- How To Make The Web Go Worldwide (Deccan Herald, Darren Waters , Nov 06, 2006)
There’s a need to harmonise and standardise the various ways of using, providing and charging for net usage . . .
- Anti-Bush, Anti-Manmohan, Anti-... Jamboree Time Again (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Nov 06, 2006)
Like the smell of revolution first thing in the morning? The India Social Forum 2006, the India chapter of the World Social Forum (WSF), alternative to its gigantic capitalist rival, the World Economic Forum held annually at Davos, is set to stir . . .
- Arabs Divided Over Saddam Verdict (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Arabs were sharply divided on Sunday over the death sentence against Saddam Hussein, with some praising the verdict as heavenly justice but others—sharply critical of the United States—claiming the decision was unfair.
- Gujarat Muslims Must Share Blame (Hindustan Times, Neelesh Misra, Nov 06, 2006)
At a huge public rally in Surat last year, where Muslims had assembled to denounce Chief Minister Narendra Modi, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt read out from an Islamic text, exhorting them to reach out to, and even reconcile with, perpetrators of violence.
- Saddam Verdict Rigged, Say Left Parties (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday put pressure on the UPA government to "categorically condemn" the death sentence passed against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and "actively intervene" to get it rescinded.
- Balance Of Power Game (Tribune, K Subrahmanya, Nov 06, 2006)
THIS is the age of balance of power. No major power identifies any of the others as an adversary.
- India’S Track Record In Npt Better: Sen (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 06, 2006)
As the speculation swirls over the fate of the US-India civilian nuclear deal, India's Ambassador in Washington has said while New Delhi will keep its end of the bargain, the agreement’s fate in the U.S. Congress will depend on the President . . .
- Verdict Not Expected To Rescue Bush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 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.
- Pushkar Mela Pullulates With A Sea Of Humanity (Deccan Herald, SUMAA TEKUR , Nov 06, 2006)
Thousands of devotees thronged Pushkar Lake on Karthik Poornima on Sunday.
- 'Death To Saddam Not A Victor's Justice' (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Nov 06, 2006)
Walking a thin line between domestic opinion and international diplomacy, India on Sunday refused to criticise Saddam Hussein’s death sentence, but kept alive a question over the judicial process.
- Saddam Hussein Gets Death (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
An Iraqi special tribunal today convicted Saddam Hussein of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to death by hanging for the brutal repression of Dujail, a Shiite town, in the 1980s.
- Arab World Split Over Judgment (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Arabs were sharply divided Sunday over the death sentence against Saddam, with some praising the verdict as heavenly justice but others sharply critical of US claiming the decision was unfair.
- The Obese Should Not Be Unfairly Targeted (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 06, 2006)
Study suggests overweight people add to global warming.
- Abortion, Quotas Among Topics In Election Day Referendums (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Even if no candidates were running, Tuesday’s elections would be dramatic, as voters across the United States consider referendums on a slew of hot topics: abortion, gay marriage, illegal immigration, sex crimes, even legalising marijuana.
- Sham Trial: Saddam Counsel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 06, 2006)
There has been a mixed response in West Asia towards the death sentence passed against the former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, exposing sectarian and political divisions within the region.
- Words Too Make Or Mar A Picture (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2006)
The choice and use of news photographs, as mentioned last week, is at once a highly technical area and one where the human factor is the key — first, in the way a picture is conceived, composed and captioned, and second, in the selection, editing, . . .
- Shangri La And Sub-Saharan Africa (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Nov 06, 2006)
The crass inequality on display in our schools runs across all spheres of India's brave new world. The schools only mirror this larger reality.
- Saddam Hussein Sentenced To Death (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 06, 2006)
Violence breaks out in a Baghdad district; supporters of the Iraqi leader take to the streets in Tikrit
Death for two of his co-defendants too
Panel to review sentences
- Iraq Hails Verdict, Sunnis Fume (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Iraq's government said Saddam Hussein had got what he deserved when an Iraqi court sentenced him to hang, but a senior Sunni Arab member of parliament dismissed today's verdict as political.
- From Robben Island To The Red Carpet (Hindu, Andrew Meldrum , Nov 06, 2006)
A new film about the apartheid era is winning accolades. But the inspirational story of its hero is even more astonishing.
- Gurpurb, Kartik Purnima Celebrated (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Sikhs across the country today celebrated the 538th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, offering prayers at gurdwaras and distributing food to the poor while Hindus took the ritual holy dip on occasion of Kartik Purnima.
- Death For Saddam, 2 Aides (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced today to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 persons in a single town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted “God is great!”
- Fat People Are A Burden On The Planet (Times of India, Ketaki Ahluwalia, Nov 06, 2006)
Study suggests overweight people add to global warming, When the news means you need to get off your behind, shoot the messenger.
- When The Dil Ke Darwaze Opened On The Loc (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Nov 06, 2006)
It was a historical event in Indo-Pak relations on November 7 last year across the Line of Control (LoC) when both sides opened the first frontier posts to provide relief to the victims of the devastating earthquake which rocked many parts of . . . .
- A Travesty Of Justice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2006)
That President Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator responsible for many atrocities, including human rights violations and invasions of neighbouring countries that caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people, is incontestable.
- The Rise Of Asian Golf (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2006)
Once he established a two-point lead on the 17th, all it took Jeev Milkha Singh to earn a place in Indian sporting history was a laid-back bogey on the final hole.
- Akshara Deepam Launched In Vargal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
The alphabets are every where here on Sunday with the district Mahila Samakhya volunteers painting the letters on rocks, on the floor and even on the backs of the cattle marking the launch of Akshara Deepam a programme designed to educate 1 lakh . . .
- Iran Ready For Talks With U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
An spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Tehran would be ready to consider holding talks with the United States over regional issues, including Iraq.
- Taliban Behead ‘Us Spy’ In Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Pakistani Taliban fighters beheaded a tribal cleric accused of being a U.S. spy in the Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan, a security official in the restive tribal region said.
- Compassion Can Win Over People (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Nov 04, 2006)
Mohammad Afzal could be called by any other name and he could just as well be hailing from any other region - but the fact remains that we have to hear his side of the story in totality and in complete detail before hailing the hangman.
- Staying The Course On Nuke Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 04, 2006)
As legislation intended to enable U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation negotiates partisan wrangling in the United States Congress, two South Asia analysts warn that if the deal falters it could cause a “significant setback” to U.S.-India relations.
- Japan Is Willin’ (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 04, 2006)
It would be facile to suggest India must choose between China and Japan. Yet, in the next few weeks, Hu Jintao, China’s president, and Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will present Manmohan Singh with alternative visions of the Asian dream.
- Missile Tests A Reply To Us Military Exercises In Persian Gulf: Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
The test-firing of three new models of sea missiles in the Gulf should send a strong message to the US to cease military maneuvers in the zone, an Iranian navy chief said on Friday.
- After This Break, Don’T Complain (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Nov 04, 2006)
Sharmila Tagore's intriguing argument that there’s no moral equivalence between advertising flavoured and un-flavoured condoms — she has found a TV ad on flavoured condoms unsuitable for daytime broadcast — provided an appropriate context for . . .
- ‘This Is Licence To Loot ... Hence Our Struggle’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 04, 2006)
Responding to commentaries and reports in the Indian Express and asking whether she will have to join a ‘battle of truth’ with this newspaper, Medha Patkar makes the case that poor Indians cannot but see current policies of industrialisation and . . .
- It In Education: Intel Donates 10,000 Pcs To India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
As a part of its philanthropic initiatives, Intel on Friday has announced donating 10,000 full function personal computers to the states and teacher training institute with the objective of improving computer-usage in the education sector.
- Bush Mocks Democrats' 'Lack Of Plan' (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
President Bush yesterday said Republicans nationwide are running on a strong record of accomplishment as he ridiculed Democrats seeking to take control of the House and Senate, asking: "What's your plan?"
- Muslims Negotiate Cost Of Peace In Gujarat Villages (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
In a few months, it will be five years since Shakil Bhai last heard the call of the muezzin from the mosque by his village pond.
- John Abraham On Taliban Hit List (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
In a real case of life imitating art, two of Bollywood’s best known actors headed to Afghanistan to film a movie about war correspondents living on the edge only to find themselves facing threats from the Taliban.
- Hedge Funds Could Be Risky, Says Rbi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y V Reddy on Friday expressed concern over the functioning of hedge funds globally and said that it could be a source of potential threat to the financial markets.
- Want To Make A Nuclear Bomb? Here’S How (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency, fearing that the information could help states like Iran develop nuclear arms, had privately protested last week to the American ambassador to the agency...
- Destination Moon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2006)
The first tentative steps towards India eventually putting a man on the moon are getting firmer with ISRO’s presentation to the Prime Minister recently, during a routine review of India’s space and nuclear programmes.
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