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- Some Republicans Aren't Sharing The Wealth (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Senate Republicans with enormous campaign war chests are refusing to transfer significant amounts of money to help fellow Republicans who are cash-strapped and face defeat in the final weeks of the campaign.
- Us Official Retracts Iraq Remarks (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The US state department official who said that the US had shown "arrogance and stupidity" in Iraq has apologised for his comments.
- Pro-Taleban Militants In Tax Move (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region have announced plans to raise their own taxes, reports say.
- Britain Deep In The Red On Green Score (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Britain consumes so much of the world’s natural resources that if everyone lived in the same way it would take three planets to sustain our lifestyle.
- Farewell To Arms Control (Indian Express, Harsh V. Pant, Oct 24, 2006)
After Condoleezza Rice’s whirlwind tour of Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow to cope with the fallout of North Korea’s atomic test, there’s no evidence that Pyongyang is ready to put the nuclear genie back in the bottle. What is certain: the global . . .
- Meenakshi Temple To Get Facelift (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here is all set to receive a major facelift as a sum of Rs. 2.20 crore has been sanctioned by the Tourism Department for renovation works.
- Kashmir Protest Over Youth Death (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Several thousand people have protested in Indian-administered Kashmir against the death of a young man in custody.
- Iraq Urges Coalition Not To Panic, Run (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Coalition troops must stay in Iraq and not give way to defeatism or panic in the face of hostile public opinion, Iraq's deputy prime minister said after meeting British leaders yesterday.
- Iraq, A Nation In Flight (Tribune, Patrick Cockburn, Oct 24, 2006)
It is one of the largest long term population movements in the Middle East since Israel expelled Palestinians in the late 1940s.
- India Should Be Wise About Galileo (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Oct 24, 2006)
The surprise element in the recently concluded summit meeting that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had with the leaders of the European Union in Helsinki was the conspicuous failure to make further progress on the Galileo deal.
- 'Stay The Course' Is Redefined (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
President Bush and his aides are annoyed that people keep misinterpreting his Iraq policy as "stay the course.
- Partition Of Iraq On The Cards (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 23, 2006)
As President Bush reconsiders his strategy for Iraq, a senior US diplomat has admitted the US showed “arrogance” and “stupidity” in the way it has handled the Iraq war.
- Uk, Us Mull Iraq Exit Strategy (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The persisting trail of murder and mayhem in Iraq has prompted Britain and the United States to launch a quest for a face-saving exit strategy for the war-crippled Gulf country.
- Systemic Malaise (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Oct 23, 2006)
Government has been caught completely unawares as chikungunya and dengue afflict thousands, says Surajit Dasgupta
- Tata Eyes Africa, Latam & E Asia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Tata Steel’s $7.7 billion acquisition of London-based Corus Group may be the largest foreign deal by an Indian company, but the conglomerate plans to expand its growth into countries in Africa, East Asia and Latin America, its chairman Ratan . . .
- Iraqis As Cannon Fodder (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 23, 2006)
Since the US invasion, the majority of people in Iraq have died due to gunshot wounds rather than collapse of medical services, says Gwynne Dyer
- We Can Devise Our Own Model, But We Must Agree On The Principle Of Unified Command At The Top’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2006)
Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash instituted an “era of military transformation” in his service. Days before he retires, he tells Shiv Aroor that his parallel role as chairman of the chiefs of staff committee has encountered pronounced inertia in the . . .
- Remaking Cities, Changing People (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 23, 2006)
Geographer David Harvey critiques the impact of neo-liberalism on the urbanisation process.
- The Search For The Puppet-Masters (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 23, 2006)
Indian investigators know the marionettes who enact the Lashkar-e-Taiba's jihad — but the men who hold the strings are out of reach.
- Green Economics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 23, 2006)
We do not need economists to tell us that economic growth depends on technological development.
- Us Firms To Send Workers To India For Treatment (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
At least 40 American corporations have signed a health plan which allows sending employees abroad, including to India, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, where they could save more than 80 per cent on the cost of medical procedures.
- No Further Nuclear Tests, North Korea Tells China (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has told a Chinese envoy his country has no immediate plans to conduct another nuclear test but that US policy toward Pyongyang will determine the future.
- Outing Of Islamism (Pioneer, Denis Macshane, Oct 23, 2006)
Realisation is gradually dawning on the British Government that the fate of democracy in the West depends on the way Islamist politics is dealt with
- India’S Energy Sector: Out Of Sync (Deccan Herald, B V SHENOY, Oct 23, 2006)
Our energy policy should be in tune with our domestic needs and foreign policy.
- Salad Bowl, Not Melting Pot (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 23, 2006)
The point of multiculturalism is that whether one approves of it or not, there is no alternative.
- Civic Poll Pointers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2006)
The DMK has taken to violence for political goals.
- Dengue Death Toll Goes Up To 125 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue virus has killed at least 125 people in India, the health ministry said on Monday.
- Us Displayed Stupidity In Iraq' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
A senior US diplomat said the US had shown 'arrogance' and 'stupidity' in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except Al Qaida in Iraq to facilitate national reconciliation.
- Participate In Dialogue, Mufti To Separatists (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said today separatist groups will “miss the bus” if they did not realise the importance of developments taking place within and outside the state and chose to “watch as fence-sitters”.
- Us Envoy In Hong Kong For N Korea Bank Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Mr Christopher Hill, the United States’ lead negotiator on North Korea, was in Hong Kong today for talks on the latest efforts to freeze the financing of the Pyongyang regime, officials said. Assistant secretary of state Mr Hill was meeting US . . .
- Minority Report, In Numbers (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Oct 23, 2006)
The tragedy of the family of Mr Nur Ilahi, Mrs Imrana Nur and their five children is so well documented on live TV that it needs no details filled in.
- Kim To ‘Stand By’ Anti-Nuke Pledge (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
A Week of intense diplomacy has left world capitals still unsure as to whether North Korea will test a second nuclear device or return to talks following the imposition of UN sanctions.
- Us ‘Arrogant And Stupid’ In Iraq (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera quoted a senior US official on Sunday as saying that the United States had shown “arrogance” and “stupidity” in Iraq.
- Follow China Model For Sezs: Cpm (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Oct 23, 2006)
The CPI(M) has called upon the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to follow the China model on special economic zones (SEZs).
- Three Wings, One Force (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 23, 2006)
I know for certain that our Air Force was not satisfied with the Army’s response to the intrusion by Pakistan at Kargil. Vinod Putney, head of the Western Air Command and deputy to Air Chief A.Y. Tipnis, would talk to me twice or thrice those days.
- America Changing Iraq Tactics (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 23, 2006)
Amid spiralling American casualties, signs have emerged that the U.S. is reassessing its approach towards Iraq.
- Politics Of Clemency (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 23, 2006)
Broadly speaking, all crime is against the state because it disturbs public order and tranquillity.
- Tehran Threatens 'Impact' If Un Imposes Sanctions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official warned on Sunday that Tehran would not remain passive if the West imposes sanctions over Iran's disputed nuclear programme, but did not say how it would respond.
- Bush To Pm: Disarm The Militias (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Bush administration, alarmed by the increasing violence and lawlessness gripping much of Iraq, has decided to force the hand of the embattled prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki.
- Direct Talks Urged With N. Korea (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Two Republican senators, including the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday called for direct U.S.-North Korea talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program.
- Autonomy Issue In Focus Again (Dawn, Zamir Ghumro, Oct 23, 2006)
In the wake of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing at the hands of security forces in August, the issue of provincial autonomy has resurfaced.
- Uk, Us Mull Iraq Exit Strategy (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The persisting trail of murder and mayhem in Iraq has prompted Britain and the United States to launch a quest for a face-saving exit strategy for the war-crippled Gulf country. In a marked departure from their previous positions, diplomats . . .
- Taliban To Step Up Attacks, Says Omar (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Taliban supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar said on Saturday that his fighters will step up attacks on foreign forces in the coming months which will surprise many. “With the grace of Allah the fighting would be increased manifold . . .
- N Korea Links Tests To 'Pressure' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
North Korea will not carry out a second nuclear test unless "harassed" by the US, according to media reports in South Korea and Japan.
- Indians Finding Their Niche In U.S. (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The train-station billboards tell it all.
Local travel agents promise the best airfares from New York to Bombay. Shagun Fashions is selling dazzling Indian saris. And DirecTV offers "the six top Indian channels direct to you."
- Kashmir Protest Over Youth Death (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Several thousand people have protested in Indian-administered Kashmir against the death of a young man in custody.
- Troops To Remain In Iraq, Bush Says (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
President Bush implicitly acknowledged yesterday that the war in Iraq will continue for several years, saying he could not see any way that U.S. forces could be withdrawn from the country while he is president.
- Iraq Given 12 Months For Handover (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Tony Blair will put pressure on the Iraqi government today to demonstrate that its security forces will be ready to take over from the British army in southern provinces within roughly a year.
- Sectarian Siege In Balad Points To Larger Conflict (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
At midweek, Shiite Interior Ministry commandos and their Shiite militia allies cruised the four-lane hardtop outside the besieged city of Balad, trying to stave off retaliation for a deadly four-day rampage in which they had all but emptied Balad . . .
- Blood Relations (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Oct 23, 2006)
Scheherazade, whose name meant “city-born” and who was without a doubt a big-city girl, crafty, wisecracking, by turns sentimental and cynical, as contemporary a metropolitan narrator as one could wish to meet — Scheherazade, who snared the prince . . .
- West Must Learn The Pr Of War (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Oct 23, 2006)
Soldiers, sailors, and airmen once determined the outcome of warfare, but no longer. Today, television producers, columnists, preachers, and politicians have the pivotal role in deciding how well the West fights.
- North Korea Said To Be Ready For Compromise (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Fresh reports emerged today that nuclear-armed North Korea may be ready for compromise as the top US diplomat headed home from Moscow after a mission to increase pressure on the reclusive communist state.
- Indian Restaurant In Washington Among 20 Best (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
An Indian restaurant in Washington is among the 20 best new restaurants in the US in 2006 named by leading men’s magazine Esquire.
- Iran Vows Retaliation Against Un Sanctions (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Iran would take “appropriate measures” in response to any UN Security Council sanctions imposed against Teheran over its nuclear programme, the foreign ministry spokesman warned today.
- Nigeria Oil Worker Hostages Freed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Seven oil workers - including four Britons - have been freed after being held hostage in Nigeria, says American oil giant Exxon Mobil.
- U.S. Provoked N. Korea: Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 23, 2006)
Show flexibility in approach towards Pyongyang, Moscow tells Washington
- Radical Islam Finds Us To Be 'Sterile Ground' (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The Islamist radicalism that inspired young Muslims to attack their own countries - in London, Madrid, and Bali - has not yielded similar incidents in the United States, at least so far.
- Diplomat Acknowledges Us 'Arrogance', 'Stupidity' In Iraq (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The United States has shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq, a senior US diplomat said in an interview aired on Sunday, after US President George W. Bush said he was flexible on tactics, if not strategy.
- Israelis Threaten To Retake Gaza-Egypt Border (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Several Israeli Cabinet ministers called on Sunday for a military operation to retake control of Gaza’s southern border and prevent Palestinian fighters smuggling weapons from neighbouring Egypt.
- Palestinian Students In Danger Of Losing School Year Over Open-Ended Teachers' Strike (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Eighth-grader Thaer Shweikiyeh, who dreams of being a doctor one day, was excited about going back to school after the summer vacation. Instead, he’s been selling onions in the local farmers’ market for the past two months, and his new schoolbag . . .
- A Century On, Brazil Still Claims First Flight (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
In the United States, every schoolboy knows that the Wright Brothers were the first men to fly. In Brazil, everyone knows that's wrong - the father of flight is Alberto Santos-Dumont.
- A Shiite Vs. Shiite Power Play In Iraq (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Fighting in the past week indicates that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to disarm militias could be leading Iraq toward an intersectarian war between the Shiites in the government and the Shiites in the street.
- The War Within (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 23, 2006)
Let us not dwell on George Fernandes for a change, and attempt to trace a brief history of India’s armament supply instead.
- U.N. Set For The Long Haul (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2006)
Venezuela and Guatemala deadlocked over Security Council seat.
- U.S. Finally Waking Up To Failure In Iraq (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Oct 19, 2006)
The Vietnam moment is at hand.
- The End Of A Long Friendship? (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 19, 2006)
North Korea's recent moves have pushed China into a corner.
- N. Korea: U.S., Japan For "Swift" Action (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Washington and Tokyo will work together for ``swift and effective'' implementation of the U.N. Security Council resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday.
- Lashkar-E-Taiba Founder Released (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 19, 2006)
India is Pakistan's eternal enemy, says Saeed
- Tables Turned For The G.O.P. Over Iraq Issue (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Four months ago, the White House offered a set of clear political directions to Republicans heading into the midterm elections: embrace the war in Iraq as critical to the antiterrorism fight and belittle Democrats as advocates of a “cut and run” . . .
- Us Would Defend Japan: Rice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday the United States is ready to use the “full range” of its military might to defend Japan in light of North Korea’s nuclear weapons test, and her Japanese counterpart drew a firm line against . . .
- India’S Nuclear Hypocrisy (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Oct 19, 2006)
India must come up with a new vision and try to change the system if it wants to become a global leader
- Muslims Put Faith Into Action For Ramadan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Last weekend, Muslims served some 18,000 needy Americans in 14 US cities to mark their 'Humanitarian Day for the Homeless.'
- Detainee Torture? No. 'Coercion'? It Depends. (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
New detainee law gives the White House and the CIA most – but not all – of the authority they wanted for interrogations.
- Kurds Tell Of Mass Murder By Saddam Death Squads (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's troops drove terrified Kurdish villagers into the desert and gunned them down by the truckload, witnesses told the ousted Iraqi leader's genocide trial Wednesday.
- Iran Nuclear Issue Tops Olmert's Kremlin Talks (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought President Vladimir Putin's support at talks here Wednesday for a tougher stance against Iran's nuclear programme, in which Russian engineers are building the country's first reactor.
- Us Death Toll Climbs In Iraq (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Eleven more US troops were slain in combat, the military said Wednesday, putting October on track to be the deadliest month for US forces since the siege of Fallujah nearly two years ago.
- Rice Says U.S. Ready To Defend Japan (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to press South Korea on Thursday to enforce United Nations sanctions on North Korea for a nuclear test that rattled the world.
- Japan Rejects Notion Of Its 'Going Nuclear' (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The government of Japan assured Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday that it had no intention of pursuing a nuclear weapons program, despite North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device.
- Philippine Mayor Defies Government (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Wearing an unbuttoned camouflage Philippine Marines jacket with a colonel's insignia stitched onto it, Jejomar Binay looked ill at ease, even awkward, hardly the picture of a man at war. But there he was, holed up in his office for two days, . . .
- With Cash, Defectors Find North Korea's Cracks (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Last March, Lee Chun-hak, a 19-year-old North Korean, went to the Chinese border to meet with a North Korean money trafficker. Using the trafficker’s Chinese cellphone, Mr. Lee talked to his mother, who had defected to South Korea in 2003. She told . . .
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