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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 31829:
- Al Badr Resurfaces (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 30, 2006)
The arrest of two terrorists in Mysore proves that the ISI is using Al Badr, one of the oldest jihadi outfits, to spread mayhem in south India, says B Raman
- No Cause For Muslim Grievance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2006)
During my recent visit to Pakistan, I made sure, as I always do when I travel abroad, that I read the local newspapers, to discover the issues that concern people in that country.
- Provincial Legislators’ Tales Strike A Chord With Us Senator (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Oct 30, 2006)
Friction, frustration and competition ~ provincial legislators across the world are able to share these emotions among their counterparts, working at the grassroots, but still having to look over their shoulder at the big shadow of the centre.
- History Of J&k~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 30, 2006)
Gulab Singh, an in-trepid soldier, by 1820 had Jammu conferred upon him by Ranjit Singh with the title of Raja, while Bhimber, Chibal, Poonch and Ramnagar went to his brothers.
- Gunmen Fire On Sunni Pilgrims In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of Iraqi Sunni pilgrims bound for the holy city of Mecca on Sunday, killing at least one person, while US forces said they killed 17 insurgents preparing to ambush American troops.
- Deterring North Korea’S Kim Jong Il (Tribune, Graham Allison , Oct 30, 2006)
In an interview aired last week, US President George W. Bush was asked: What would he do if “North Korea sold nukes to Iran or al-Qaida?” Bush replied, “They’d be held to account.”
- Sezs As ‘Gated Cities’ (Tribune, M.G. Devasahayam, Oct 30, 2006)
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are in the midst of a raging national debate. The Union Ministry of Commerce, in their policy paper, describes SEZs thus: “A designated duty free enclave to be treated as foreign territory for trade operations and duties . .
- Stay, But Change The Course (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Oct 30, 2006)
As coalition policy reaches a crisis, may I resurrect an idea I have been flogging since April 2003? It offers a way out of the current debate whether to "stay the course" (as US President George W Bush has long advocated) or to withdraw troops on . . .
- Uk Airports To Ease Luggage Curbs (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
In an effort to ease problems facing passengers, British airports will relax its ban on carrying liquids this week, a media report said today.
- A Tough Fight Lies Ahead (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 30, 2006)
We have three crucial Assembly elections coming up in Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Punjab.
- Bratva In Goa (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 30, 2006)
India and Russia until recently were always seen as brothers in arms.
- Needed: A South Asian Economic Union (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh is rowdy, boisterous and drenched in fundamentalism. But it is a democracy all right. Liberals are divided but they speak out against fanaticism in one voice.
- Jilted Love Led To Pm Email Threat (Asian Age, K. Venugopal , Oct 30, 2006)
After a nail-biting 48 hours, the Kerala police on Saturday night arrested Akbar Raj, 26, a native of Cherthala, for sending an email to top police officers in the state threatening to kill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President A.P. J. Abdul Kalam.
- Iran Scents World Split On Nuclear Issue (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Iran on Sunday remained defiant over its nuclear programme despite the threat of sanctions, saying it was detecting splits between world powers on whether to punish Tehran for intensifying atomic work.
- No End To Baloch Unrest (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2006)
Continuing attacks on trains, gas pipelines and power transmission lines in Balochistan indicate that the situation in the province, far from returning to normal as claimed by the government, remains a source of worry.
- The Truth Behind Women 'Opting Out' (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
When New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin coined the phrase "the opt-out revolution" in 2003 to describe a supposed exodus of mothers from the workforce, her article sparked a media flurry. Other journalists rushed to find their own examples of women . . .
- On Campaign Stop, Bush Rallies Loyalists (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
After months of fundraising, President Bush plunged into retail politicking for the first time this campaign season, telling a raucous crowd of several thousand Republican partisans on Saturday that the Democrats would raise taxes and retreat from . . .
- Japan Must Do More To Accept, Aid Refugees: U.S. Ngo Reps (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The government's support for refugees has made considerable progress compared with the 1990s, but it must do more and assist those who have already been granted asylum, according to the International Rescue . . .
- Fighting Terrorism For Money (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 30, 2006)
An official report released in Washington says Pakistan has received the lion’s share of a “total of $6.64 billion for 2002-2007 for the coalition fighting terrorism:
- Marginalisation, Inclusion And Assimilation (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
This is a special, double issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History published on the occasion of the periodical’s 25th anniversary and titled “Immigration, Incorporation, Integration, and Transnationalism: Interdisciplinary and . . .
- Gop Strategists Puzzled By Bush Press Conference (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Republican strategists around Washington have a big question for President Bush and his handlers today:
- Swaziland Abuzz About Aids (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
This tiny kingdom's new anti-AIDS campaign arrived without warning one day in July, featuring a slogan both unusually explicit and dripping with implied accusations: Makhwapheni Uyabulala.
- Iraqi Leader Critical Of U.S. Envoy (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A festering grievance between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the United States escalated yesterday with Mr. al-Maliki telling President Bush that America's ambassador in Baghdad acts like a viceroy instead of a diplomat.
- Missing Soldier Secretly Married Iraqi (International Herald Tribune, CP Bhambhri, Oct 30, 2006)
The missing American soldier who has been the subject of an intensive manhunt in the capital since being kidnapped by gunmen outside the heavily protected Green Zone last week was, at the time, visiting an Iraqi woman whom he had secretly married . . .
- Al Badr In Mysore (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 30, 2006)
Karnataka Police claims the arrest of two Pakistani terrorists belonging to Al Badr—the oldest of the existing jihadi terrorist organisations of Pakistan, considered as close to Pakistan's ISI as the LET.
- Mexican Federal Police, Backed By Army, Retake City (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal forces moved to take back this picturesque tourist town one cobblestone street at a time on Sunday, bashing through barricades and pushing back activists who had seized the downtown five months ago in an increasingly ugly dispute with the . . .
- Higher Growth Is Vulnerable (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 30, 2006)
High economic growth in Pakistan is more vulnerable than in China or India as it has few cushions or reserves to finance external shocks, says the World Bank.
- Bangladesh President Sworn In As Interim Government Chief (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh’s president has been sworn in as head of a caretaker government to oversee national elections, sparking fears of fresh violence between supporters of rival political parties.
- Saddam Verdict May Be Delayed - Prosecutor (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A court trying Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity could delay its verdict by a few days, the chief prosecutor said on Sunday, in a move that would shift the announcement until after US midterm elections.
- Us Urged To Open Talks With Iran (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Ahmad Chalabi, a former Pentagon favourite who was once Iraq's deputy prime minister, urged the United States to open talks with Iran, saying that it could help reduce sectarian violence in Iraq and allow US forces to withdraw.
- Us Looks For Honourable Iraq Exit Strategy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Bush administration seems to have given up its aim of moulding Iraq into a democracy of its liking and is now looking for an honourable exit strategy, experts say.
- India Enshrines Buddha’S Remains After 2000 Years (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Thousands of Buddhists gathered in India’s western city of Mumbai on Sunday to lay to rest part of the ashes and bones of Lord Buddha in a ceremony resurrected after almost 2000 years.
- Taliban Has Winter Plans To Storm Kabul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Taliban are planning a major winter offensive combining their diverse factions in a push on the Afghan capital, Kabul, intelligence analysts and sources among the militia have revealed.
- Naac Move To Make Accreditation Mandatory For All Colleges, Varsities (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Oct 30, 2006)
"Process helps an institution evaluate its strength, weaknesses"
- A Thought-Through Map On Climate (Deccan Herald, Will Hutton, Oct 30, 2006)
Environment- A route map is the need of the hour to lead us out of a crisis and save the planet from meltdown
- A Laser Aircraft Which Zaps Missiles Midair (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The US Missile Defense Agency rolled out an airborne laser aircraft on Friday, the latest development in a missile-defence system that was once ridiculed as a "Star Wars" fantasy.
- Golden Rule Of Gandhigiri (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 30, 2006)
Wages of rich and poor employees (including their perks) should be raised in such a manner that both multiply the economy by the same factor. Such a rule will combine economic justice with national interest.
- Enter Barack Obama (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2006)
If the Democrats are to be something more than merely the Bash Bush party in the coming years, they must not just win next month’s elections, crucial though that is.
- Talks On To Defuse Bangladesh Political Crisis (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed consulted feuding party leaders today to try to defuse a mounting crisis over forming a caretaker government to steer the nation through to January general elections.
- Cbi Probing Man Who Signed Deal With Husain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Industrialist Guru Swarup Srivastav, who shot to fame by entering into an agreement with celebrated painter M F Husain to purchase 100 of his paintings for Rs 101 crore two years ago, is under the CBI's scanner for alleged involvement in a . . .
- Open University (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 30, 2006)
The New York City education department has slammed the door on e-tutors from India. The reason: Indian tutors don't comply with American laws that require teachers to undergo background checks.
- Brazil's President Roars Back To Win Vote (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Overcoming a series of corruption and political scandals that tarred his image and undermined his credibility, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won a landslide re-election victory in a runoff vote on Sunday.
- Pak Promised To Fight Terror, Took Several Billion Dollars From Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Pakistan has received billions of dollars in reimbursement for its support of US-led counter-terrorism operations, while US Congress has appropriated billions of dollars to pay Pakistan for its support.
- Sri Lankan Peace Talks: A Welcome Step (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time in eight months, members of the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came together this weekend, meeting behind closed doors in Geneva.
- Federal Police Step In Over Mexico Unrest (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Five months after leftist protesters occupied the center of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, President Vicente Fox sent federal security forces this weekend to resolve a deadly conflict that has stained the image of a town famed for its colonial facades . . .
- As 'Goblins' Knock, Evangelicals Answer (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween, just like his neighbors in St. Petersburg, Fla., until he decided the holiday's ghoulishness really diBruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween,dn't jibe with his Christian beliefs.
- U.S. Is Said To Fail In Tracking Arms Shipped To Iraqis (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The American military has not properly tracked hundreds of thousands of weapons intended for Iraqi security forces and has failed to provide spare parts, maintenance personnel or even repair manuals for most of the weapons given to the Iraqis, a . . .
- Jr East, Kokuro Strike Blanket Deal (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
East Japan Railway Co. and the National Railway Workers' Union known as Kokuro have devised a blanket reconciliation agreement to end their long-standing labor disputes, sources said Sunday.
- Wind Kos Power To Thousands In The East (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity Sunday from Maryland to Maine as a storm system blasted the region with winds gusting to more than 50 mph, knocking over trees and a construction crane. The storm was blamed for at least two deaths.
- Mexican Police Storm Embattled Oaxaca (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal police backed by armored vehicles and water cannons tore down barricades and stormed embattled Oaxaca on Sunday, seizing control of the city center from protesters who had held it for five months.
- Gallaudet Votes To Remove President (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The board of trustees of the nation's premier school for the deaf voted Sunday to revoke the appointment of the incoming president, who had been the subject of weeks of protests that at times shut down the campus.
- Mexican Police Move To Retake Southern City (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal forces moved to take back this picturesque tourist town one cobblestone street at a time on Sunday, bashing through barricades and pushing back activists who had seized the downtown five months ago in an increasingly ugly dispute with the . . .
- India Wants Free, Fair Elections In Bangladesh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed consulted feuding party leaders today to try to defuse a mounting crisis over forming a caretaker government to steer the nation through to January general elections.
- It Felt, Smelt Like Home (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 30, 2006)
Let’s go to Commercial Street!, my mother would call. The words would set off a ripple of excitement when I was a little girl when my mother would tell me she wanted to get me something new to wear.
- At Gallaudet, Trustees Relent On Leadership (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Surrendering to months of widening and unrelenting protests by students, faculty, alumni and advocates, the board of trustees of Gallaudet University, the nation’s premier university for the deaf, abandoned its choice of the institution’s next president.
- Who Should Insure Against Terrorism? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The threat sounded ominous: Dirty bombs would be detonated at Giants Stadium and six other stadiums across the country. It would be "America's Hiroshima," causing civil war, chaos, and global economies to "screech to a halt."
- Which Party Can Get Voters To The Polls? (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Here's Rick Santorum's plan to close his challenger's big lead in the polls and pull off a surprise win next week: a phone bank staffed with a half-dozen die-hard volunteers in this Philadelphia suburb.
- Abounding In Hidden Dangers... (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Oct 29, 2006)
The title of the book is meant to be symbolic, but the symbol that emerges is quite the contrary.
- Ah, That Familiar Feeling... (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Chaotic traffic, crowded streets, hand-painted billboards. Could you be in Mumbai or Bangalore? Not really, it's Manila
- Fiction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
A novel of high artifice, a story that mixes concealed emotions and dark secrets with political intrigue.
- Brit Wit On A Bus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
As you are taken on a tour of London, the guides have a memorable way of mixing historical information with slapstick comedy.
- A Night In The Jungle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Nature and some great hospitality make Casa Deep Woods an ideal weekend retreat
- Solheim Sounds A Warning As Talks Begin (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 29, 2006)
The much-anticipated talks between the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam began in Geneva on Saturday with a stern message from Norway that Colombo faced the danger of losing the goodwill and foreign aid if the situation . . .
- The Snow Man (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
At one level one should feel happy that an embattled writer such as Orhan Pamuk, fighting the fundamentalist forces in his country should get the 2006 Nobel Prize for literature.
- A Strategic Impasse? (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 29, 2006)
India will soon have to fight its own war against a force oozing with confidence
- Wanna See The Bridge Again? (New Indian Express, CP Bhambhri, Oct 29, 2006)
We were winding up for the day after the last news bulletin when the MTV channel in Sri Lanka commenced its next segment, classic movies.
- Chinese Christians Feel Let Down By Archbishop's Visit (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was criticised last night by Christians and human rights campaigners for failing to lobby China’s leaders hard on religious freedoms.
- Search Spurs Sadr City Battles (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
U.S. and Iraqi forces returned to Sadr City on Friday to search the Shiite Muslim slum for a missing U.S. soldier, occasionally engaging in gun battles with members of local militias during their hunt.
- Iraq Combat Deaths Spike (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Unrelenting daily attacks in Baghdad and the western province of Anbar have made October the deadliest month of the Iraq war for U.S. troops in combat since the all-out American offensives on Fallujah in April and November of 2004, according to U.S. . . .
- Bush Signs Law To Build Border Fence (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
President Bush yesterday signed a law committing to build nearly 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border -- although less than 24 hours earlier, he told conservative writers that he doesn't see immigration as a major issue in this year's campaign.
- As Us Gets Ready To Vote, World Has Other Things On Its Mind (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The US mid-term elections offer enough drama to intrigue even the most casual news junky - a mix of power, war, corruption and sex that would make a Hollywood producer giddy.
- Iran Doubles Uranium Enrichment Capacity (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Iran has doubled its capacity to enrich uranium by successfully executing the process with a second network of centrifuges, a semiofficial news agency reported today, sending a defiant new message to the U.N. Security Council.
- Mutual Distrust (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 28, 2006)
The people should fight against fake patriots who are interested in militarisation, tyranny and backwardness.
- Indo-Us Ties Beyond N-Deal: Carter (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Former US President Jimmy Carter today said that Indo-US relations went beyond the nuclear deal and he saw no problem in New Delhi moving towards the use of atomic energy to generate electricity.
- 24 Iraqi Cops Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
A vicious battle between Iraqi police and insurgents north of Baghdad left at least 24 officers, 18 rebels and one civilian dead, the US military said today.
- Staying The Course In Kashmir (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 28, 2006)
For decades, Indian policy-making on Jammu and Kashmir has consisted of doing the same things again and again — and hoping they will somehow have a different outcome.
- Bush Enters Cheney 'Torture Row' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
US President George Bush has reiterated his position that the US administration does not condone torture, following comments by Vice President Dick Cheney.
- Bangladesh Power Shift Postponed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The swearing-in ceremony of a caretaker administration in Bangladesh has been postponed amid street clashes between government and opposition supporters.
- In Land Of Many Wars, A Forgotten Conflict (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Ali Hamid Ahmed used to be the elder of a village full of green fields and thousands of goats.
- India's Landmark Domestic Abuse Law Comes Into Effect (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
India’s first law specifically targeting the long-standing problem of domestic violence in the country has today come into effect.
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