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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 31829:
- Repercussions Of A Small Bang (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 18, 2006)
When the South Korean foreign minister, Ban Ki-moon, succeeds Kofi Annan as the secretary-general of the United Nations on January 1, it is likely that North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will still be near the top of the UN’s agenda.
- British Troops Pull Out Of Afghan District (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
British troops were Tuesday pulling out of a previously Taliban-infested district in southern Afghanistan at the request of officials and tribal elders, the NATO-led force said.
- Katra's Woes (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 18, 2006)
The Katra town gives a scary look. Its narrow and crowded streets, buildings as if they have risen from nowhere and vehicles that keep shrieking will put off an average tourist.
- Talabani Backs 'Iran-Syria Plan’ To Stabilize Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Violence in Iraq could end "within months" if Iran and Syria joined efforts to stabilise the country, says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
- Pm For Consensus On National Issues (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday called for greater unity and consensus on fundamental national issues in the face of formidable challenges the country was facing.
- The Sad Realities (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 18, 2006)
Cutting across the party lines 35 women MPs have written to prime minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi that the 33 per cent reservations for them in Parliament and States assemblies should be passed during the . . .
- The General's Book (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 18, 2006)
General Musharraf's much-trumpeted memoir grandly titled 'In the Line of Fire' reminded me of TV footage shown by the BBC when he staged a tit-for-tat coup in 1999.
- North Korea's Nuclear Test (News International, M B NAQVI, Oct 18, 2006)
On eighth October, North Korea conducted a nuclear test. From now on it should be treated as a nuclear capable power.
- China To Help Pak Set Up Six N-Power Plants (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit next month, Pakistan has reportedly selected sites to set up six Beijing-aided 300-MW nuclear power projects.
- A Neutered Justice System (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 18, 2006)
Saqib Jan was accused, along with three other people, of attempting to steal a cab and threatening the driver with a knife in Rawalpindi. Saqib was 15 and a half years old at the time of the incident and another accused, Saghir Shah, was only 15.
- Budget Making For 2007-08 — Challenges Before Chidambaram (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2006)
The Budget has to be framed to reinforce positive trends and remove obstacles to marshalling and utilising resources and the full exploitation of India's competitive advantages.
- Forget Us Leaving Iraq, For Now: Bush (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
President George W Bush personally assured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday that he has no plans to pull troops out and told him to ignore rumours the United States intended to enforce a deadline for Baghdad to rein in sectarian violence.
- Gen. J.J. Sees 20% Fall In Kashmir Violence (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The Chief of Army Staff, Gen. J.J. Singh, on Tuesday said the Army’s "iron fist, velvet glove" policy had "yielded rich dividends" in Jammu and Kashmir where, he said, violence had come down by about 20 per cent.
- Putin's Third Term Problem (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 18, 2006)
Although the Central Election Commission (CEC) has rejected the idea of a plebiscite on the possibility of one person to be Russia's President for more than two terms in a row, this has not clarified the problem known as "Putin's third term".
- Strong Army For Strong India (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, Oct 17, 2006)
The disturbing revelation about the lack of coordination between the Army and the Air Force during the Kargil War by retired Air Marshal AY Tipnis, along with the letter written by Air Marshal SP Tyagi to Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee about . . .
- Need To Scrap Article 370 (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 17, 2006)
Farooq Abdullah's staggering assertion that the sessions judge who awarded the death penalty to Afzal Guru for his role in 2001 attack on Parliament could be murdered by Kashmiri terrorists carries the implicit threat that the High Court and Supreme . . .
- Anti-Graft Drive Paying Dividends (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Can one imagine a girdwar, who is at the bottom of the hierarchy of the Revenue Department, amassing ill-gotten wealth of over Rs 1 crore within a short span of his service.
- Bush Phones Pm, Discusses Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush today telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed a whole range of issues, including the Indo-US nuclear deal and nuclear weapon test conducted by North Korea.
- No Criminal Is 'Loveable' (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 17, 2006)
These days, the air is abuzz with stories of a hip gangster rescuing Mahatma Gandhi from oblivion. Munnabhai, with Mahatma Gandhi in tow, is being greeted with euphoria in snazzy multiplexes and animated social conversations.
- Medium Of Public Discourse (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 17, 2006)
The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema: Vinay Lal and Ashis Nandy — Editors; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 495.
- Ex-Chief Of Isi: Us Aided Mush Overthrow Sharif (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Today is the 14th World Poverty Eradication Day. There are some who will say that such days are particularly relevant for a poor country like Pakistan while others -- particularly the sceptics among us -- will say that such things are pointless . . .
- 'N Korea Maybe Planning Second Nuclear Test' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
North Korea may be preparing a second nuclear test, Japan's foreign minister and media reports said on Tuesday, just days after the Stalinist regime was slapped with UN sanctions over its first trial.
- Decentralised Trade (Tribune, Mahendra P. Lama, Oct 17, 2006)
IN the reopening of the Nathu la trade route between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in July 2006, China’s local integration strategy has again come to the fore.
- Israel President Can Be Charged With Rape: Police (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
The Israeli police told the Attorney-General yesterday there was enough evidence to indict President Moshe Katsav on charges of rape, sexual harassment and wire-tapping at the end of a probe.
- Q&a: 'Afzal's Execution May Inspire Youth To Take Up Arms' (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Oct 17, 2006)
Jklf chief Yasin Malik was in Delhi for two weeks to build a campaign against the execution of Mohammad Afzal slated for October 20.
- How Many Seats In The House? (Indian Express, K C Sivaramakrishnan , Oct 17, 2006)
The all party meeting held last Friday on delimitation is a good illustration of what worried people cannot achieve when they don’t understand the subject.
- 86 Killed In Iraq Violence Spree (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Iraq's government indefinitely postponed a much-anticipated national reconciliation conference on Sunday as a two-day spree of sectarian revenge killings and insurgent bombings left at least 86 Iraqis dead.
- Us Turns North's Heat On China (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
The United States insisted on Sunday that China had an obligation to help enforce new UN sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test despite Beijing's misgivings over the risk of provoking Pyongyang.
- Gone Tomorrow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2006)
In Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, a sick man awaits an agonisingly slow death in Africa. In reality, the highest mountain on that continent has already been dying slowly for nearly a century now, having lost some . . .
- Price Regulation Of Essential Medicines (Hindu, S. Srinivasan, Oct 17, 2006)
Will the pharmaceutical policy again ignore the predicament of patients, the Indian experience of the free market, and the real costs of drugs?
- Republican Demise, Not Democratic Revival (Hindu, Gary Younge, Oct 17, 2006)
The Democrats look set to make significant gains in the November 7 election. But they've got little to say on the big issues.
- Bush Calls Up Pm; Discusses Civil Nuclear Deal (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the issue.
- Faith Vs Progress (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Oct 17, 2006)
Islam has resisted change, but will the ulema succeed in keeping youth away from television and the Internet, asks Prafull Goradia
- 'The Us Is Really Stupid' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
In the fourth part of her interview, Sarah Chayes, author of The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban, says that the American government, is in way over its head in Afghanistan.
- Canada Sativa (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 17, 2006)
Before George W Bush’s War on Terror, there was Richard Nixon’s War on Drugs (“America’s public enemy No. 1,” he had said).
- Pm, Bush Discuss Nuke Deal On Phone (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the issue.
- Voting On Guatemala, Venezuela Bid For Unsc Pushed To Second Day (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
After 10 rounds of voting failed to produce a winner, voting on Venezuela and Guatemala's bid for Latin America's open seat on the UN Security Council was pushed to Tuesday (Today).
- No Plan To Pull Out From Iraq: Bush (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Oct 17, 2006)
The Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghori says Port Qasim Authority will hold 15 percent stake for providing the land with Emaar properties holding 85 percent equity in the project for developing of two islands off Karachi shore.
- A Probe Commission Is What Is Needed: The Truth About The Kargil Episode- Ii (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad, Oct 17, 2006)
Our people have a right to know the truth, nothing but the truth. Anywhere else in the world, the people would have demanded it as a matter of their constitutional right.
- Us Suffers ‘A Winner’S Complex’: Gorbachev (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Former chief of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev stated, in an interview with a Russian newspaper on Sunday, that the role of the US, the acclaimed world superpower, must change.
- Miss Tibet Winner Puts Politics On The Catwalk (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Oct 17, 2006)
Braving a controversial "swimwear" round and questions about Tibet's "freedom struggle", a sociology student born in India has won the annual Miss Tibet beauty pageant held by Tibetans living in exile.
- S Africa, Indonesia Among Those Elected To Unsc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Italy were today elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-year term beginning January next year.
- Till We Meet Again? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 17, 2006)
With the number of dengue cases across the country refusing to go down, two things are obvious. One, in the wake of the first few dengue deaths, the government lacked the will to translate words into action.
- Strong Quake Off Papua New Guinea, No Tsunami Seen (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
A strong earthquake was recorded off Papua New Guinea at 9:25 a.m. local time (2325 GMT), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Tuesday.
- Npt In Death Throes (Daily Excelsior, Pinaki Bhattacharya, Oct 17, 2006)
On 8 September, 2006, the last rites for the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) were held when North Korea conducted a nuclear blast.
- Bush Calls Up Pm; Discusses Civil Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the issue.
- Pm Mere Spectator To Cbi Misuse: George (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Piqued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s response to his accusations on the CBI case against himself, NDA convenor George Fernandes has accused him of being “a silent spectator to this gross misuse of the CBI” to “browbeat political opposition.”
- Us: N Korea Needs To Do More To Halt Curbs (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 17, 2006)
American diplomats have warned Pyongyang that merely returning to nuclear talks will not be enough to halt the punitive measures against North Korea that have been agreed by the UN Security Council with the backing of Russia and China.
- Strategy Is What Made Zhang Yin A Billionare (Deccan Herald, Will Hutton, Oct 17, 2006)
China’s richest billionaire is now a woman - 49-year-old Zhang Yin is worth a cool $3.4 billion. The tycoon is the world’s richest self-made woman, having built China’s largest paper recycling business, Nine Dragons Paper.
- Iran May Face Same Fate As North Korea: Rice (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned Iran that it could face sanctions and international isloation over its nuclear program such as those faced by North Korea.
- Nobel Insight (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, Oct 17, 2006)
I agree with Muhammad Yunus, the winner of Nobel Peace Prize, who said that the poor are much more credit-worthy than the rich. Of the rich, I cannot say. But of the poor I have some personal experience.
- Pakistan To Honour N Korea Curbs (News International, Mariana Baabar, Oct 17, 2006)
Pakistan said on Monday that as a responsible member of the international community, it would abide by the United Nations Security Council resolution on North Korea, but would continue to have cooperation with Pyongyang in areas that are not hit . . .
- Pyongyang Sanctions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 17, 2006)
The sanctions that the United Nations' Security Council voted unanimously over during the weekend to slap on the North Korean regime have already become a cause for division, particularly among the five permanent members of the Security Council.
- Eradicating Poverty (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 17, 2006)
Today is the 14th World Poverty Eradication Day.
- Fundamental Principles Of Economics Can Be Written On One Page (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 17, 2006)
Milton Friedman concludes his essay in Lives of the Laureates by declaring that economics is `a fascinating discipline', arguing that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page.
- Bush-Backed Panel For Changes In Iraq Policy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
A commission backed by President George W. Bush that is exploring US options in Iraq intends to propose significant changes in the administration’s strategy by early next year, members say.
- India Tying Up With Russia On Nuclear Energy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
As India’s civilian nuclear deal with the United States continues to hang in the balance more than one year on, New Delhi appears to be intent on maximising its options on the defence front by cosying up to Russia in the realm of nuclear . . .
- Resumption Of Indo-Pakistan Talks In Nov (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Oct 17, 2006)
Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries will meet in mid-November in New Delhi to resume peace talks between the two countries that were stalled after last July’s train bombings in Mumbai, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said on Monday.
- India Must Prove Resolve To Stop Terrorism Too: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
The joint mechanism on counter-terrorism to be set up by New Delhi and Islamabad is not one-sided and India must also prove it will not support terrorism in Pakistan, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
- Unhelpful Step (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2006)
Most of the world may have deplored the nuclear weapons test conducted by North Korea on October 9 but the resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on Saturday is unhelpful, provocative, and likely to inflame a situation that is a. . .
- Grand Pageantry Showcases India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 16, 2006)
It will break down social barriers, unite people, says Lille's mayor
- Sectarian Violence Rocks Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Suspected Shia militiamen killed at least 46 Sunni Arabs in a weekend rampage of revenge killing in a city north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday, raising the toll in the latest sectarian bloodletting there to 63.
- A New Era Of Media Freedom? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 16, 2006)
Britain's highest court has ruled that newspapers can use "public interest" as a defence against defamation.
- Play The Nuclear Card (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 16, 2006)
In psychobabble, what North Korea has just done would be characterized as ‘a cry for help’, like a teenage kid burning his parents’ house down because he is misunderstood.
- Institutionalise Financial Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
`The reform era had made it imperative for policy makers to look at and impart financial education in the widest sense possible'
- Seven Years And Counting (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 16, 2006)
On October 12, Pervez Musharraf celebrated seven years in power in Pakistan. But what does the future hold for him and his country?
- Oh, That Familiar Feeling (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
When Nokia recently decided to unveil its N series of phones, the company chose Manila, the busy capital of the Philippines, for the spectacular event.
- In Line Of Lies (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Oct 16, 2006)
A more apt name for the book ghost written for the Pakistani dictator, Gen Pervez Musharraf, would have been 'A Pack of Lies' or 'In Line of Lies'. In Line of Propaganda could also have be an appropriate title since many are of the view that the . . .
- Dark Days Of Reckoning In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
I was invited to Afghanistan to take part in the Martyr Day ceremonies on September 9, which coincided with the death anniversary of Ahmed Shah Masood, better known as the Lion of Panjsheer.
- Coalition Politics (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Oct 16, 2006)
The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, has hinted that "The present political situation is pregnant with many possibilities." She did not spell out the nature of possibilities she had in mind.
- Heed It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 16, 2006)
It is high time that Pakistan took seriously the advice proffered by the United States on stopping terrorism in this country as a whole and the State in particular.
- Police Arrest Dozens In Anti-Posco Protest (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Police arrested 70 people in Orissa on Sunday during a protest against a $12-billion dollar steel plant planned by South Korean firm, POSCO, witnesses and police said.
- Pampered U.S. Pets Dress Up For Halloween (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
On past Halloween holidays, 9-year-old Rosie has worn a tutu and dressed up as a bumblebee, joining millions of American children trick-or-treating over the holiday.
- Nam Change, Anyone? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 16, 2006)
On the eve of the NAM summit in Havana, that Vatican of anti-Americanism, go to Google and see how many cities in the entire world still have a boulevard, or a landmark named after Tito.
- New Peaks (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2006)
It has taken just five months for the Sensex to recover fully from the May meltdown and record a new high.
- Mechanism To Fight Terrorism (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Oct 16, 2006)
The decision “to put in place an India-Pakistan anti-terrorism institutional mechanism to identify and implement counter-terrorism initiatives and investigations” is by all means a “bold and new beginning” in Indo-Pak relations.
- General’S Wor(l)d Play (Tribune, Rajbir Deswal, Oct 16, 2006)
The news of General Musharraf himself being in the line of fire for authoring a commentary full of “howlers” and thereby generating protests from many parts of the world has put my search for a good publisher for my “self composed” autobiography . . .
- Woman Tops List Of Rich In China (Tribune, Clifford Coonan, Oct 16, 2006)
Chairman Mao once said women hold up half the sky, but he surely could never have predicted that one day self-made paper recycling tycoon Zhang Yin would top the list of China’s wealthiest people with a fortune of 1.8 billion pounds.
- Bush Praises Unsc For ‘Swift’ Sanctions Against N. Korea (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 16, 2006)
The US President, Mr George W. Bush, has said the international community has sent a ‘swift and clear message’ in imposing sanctions against North Korea over its declared nuclear tests.
- Oye, Oye Heptachloride (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Oct 16, 2006)
All of us who have growing children need to put aside a little for their college education, and I suppose Amir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are no different. Scratching my head as I am, I cannot find any other way of understanding these guys’ ongoing . . .
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