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Articles 2321 through 2420 of 31829:
- Hp Unveils New Ink-Based Printing Technology (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Offers industry's most complete set of options for enterprise and small and mid-size customers
- Crash And Re-Boot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 16, 2006)
The polls go up, the polls go down and there are still more than three weeks to go: time for any amount of sleaze or terror to influence the voters.
- Indian Voices Still In The Closet (Indian Express, Antara Dev Sen, Oct 16, 2006)
If you expect a book fair to be a kaleidoscope of ideas and emotions, you would have been delighted to be at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
- Gujarati Rappers Rock Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
That's Gujarati rap for you. And, its rocking Uncle Sam's land, with a band of American desis, two of them Gujaratis, creating waves here.
- Posco Project: 100 Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Medha Patkar demands open discussion
- Tgm Deal With Russian Firm Violated Several Procedures, Alleges Cbi (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 16, 2006)
Terminally Guided Munition bought despite failure in tests
- Pervez Losing Army Support, Says Report (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
An American think tank, Stratfor, has said that General Pervez Musharraf is unlikely to be removed by any action of the armed forces, but may be beginning to lose this support base.
- Reliance Adag Launches Credit Cards (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has joined hands with Citi Bank to launch Reliance Credit Card.
- Ideological Bankruptcy (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Oct 16, 2006)
Using a 30-year-old slogan to win votes shows the Congress is going backward, not forward,says Ajoy Bose
- Getting Out Of Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2006)
The new UK army chief’s remarks about a British withdrawal from Iraq “soon” have caused a political storm across the Atlantic, even though Gen Richard Dannatt said nothing that could be called dramatic.
- ‘Realignment’ Of Political Forces Augers Well (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has admitted that a “realignment of political forces before the 2007 general election” is in the offing. He said so to various editors and senior columnists in Karachi because he wants the message to go down loud and clear.
- Pakistan Playing Down Taliban Threat: Dafdar (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta on Sunday accused Pakistan of trying to play down the threat of ‘international terrorism’ by labelling the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan an ethnic issue.
- 'Pakistan First', Says Musharraf In Urdu (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Entitled "Sab Se Pehle Pakistan" (Pakistan First), the Urdu version of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's much-discussed memoir, "In the Line of Fire", is to hit the stands across the country on Oct 21.
- Nuclear Dominos (News International, Nasim Zehra, Oct 16, 2006)
analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Unsc Must Act Against N Korea: Ban (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Sharply criticising the North Korean nuclear tests earlier this week, United Nations Secretary General-designate Ban Ki Moon has asked the world community to send out a “very strong, unified and clear” message to Pyongyang so that it would not . . .
- In Search Of Rock Bottom (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 16, 2006)
Incidents of past few weeks - from daily killings in Iraq to nuclear tests in North Korea - indicate the world is today a much more dangerous place
- As Us Holds Back, India Turns To Russia (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Oct 16, 2006)
With India realising the reluctance of the US to part with cutting-edge defence technology, the UPA Government is going back to 'old friend' Russia to meet the strategic requirements of its armed forces.
- ‘Clinton’S N-Hoax Forced Pakistan To End Kargil War’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
A former Pakistan foreign official has accused the Clinton administration of playing a “hoax” to put “pressure” on Islamabad to withdraw its troops and end the 1999 Kargil conflict with India.
- India May Jettison Galileo Project Over Security Concerns (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Oct 16, 2006)
India’s participation in the Galileo project, a satellite navigation system being developed by EU and European Space Agency, expected to rival the United States’ GPS (global positioning system), has run into the hard ground realities of security concerns.
- Kalam Celebrates 75th Birthday With Spastic Kids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam celebrated his 75th birthday today with spastic children here as well as with villagers and children of a remote tribal village in the state.
- Blogs Give Pr New Job (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2006)
Big firms have employed specialist firms to track chatter online on products and services.
- Banker To The Poor (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2006)
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has gone to someone who made microcredit his mantra and strove diligently to give the forgotten their dignity.
- On The Consequences Of Our Actions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
‘People don’t believe in consequences anymore’.
- Reliance Launches Credit Card (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Sunday launched its co-branded credit card in association with Citibank.
- Rethink Tolling (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 16, 2006)
There’s better road-pricing technology, use it
- Rice Should Talk With North Korea: Ban-Ki Moon (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should have diplomatic talks with North Korea, UN Secretary-General designate Ban Ki-moon said in an interview aired on Sunday.
- The Private Equity Boom (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 16, 2006)
Private equity is classified under FDI, but the way it is growing, it will soon outpace traditional FDI.
- Time To Clean Up Our Act (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 16, 2006)
If we don’t, the country’s IT and ITeS industries stand to lose more than just contracts
- Sezs: How To Land A Good Deal (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 16, 2006)
If SEZ developers plan large, comprehensive settlements, of a thousand hectare or more, on uncultivable or degraded land, and introduce quality transport services, build hospitals, schools, and offer such other services, they will be welcomed with . . .
- Failed Mediation (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 16, 2006)
Afghanistan’s rejection of the Duran Line and claim on Pakistan territory upto Indus river is unrealistic.
- When The Dark Horse Wins (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
For some she was the dark horse who won the derby, while others wondered whether new talent is in danger of being overexposed. Michelle Pauli does a roundup of media reports in the event of Kiran Desai’s Booker win.
- Big Powers Blocking India’S Un Bid: Pm (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Oct 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted openly to the media on Saturday that the big powers were blocking India’s entry into the UN Security Council and that UN reforms would take a long time to be effected.
- Why Corruption Does Not Hurt Economic Growth (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Oct 15, 2006)
Germany-based Transparency International has found in a worldwide survey of more than 11,000 Company Executives that Indian companies were most corrupt in their foreign operations.
- Towards A Culture Of Diversity (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Oct 15, 2006)
Starbucks claims it is more than just a business. But the gap between image and reality is wide.
- Has Neo-Liberalism Failed Mexico? (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Oct 15, 2006)
Six years ago, I was ready to conclude that the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) was a major success. The key argument in favour of Nafta had been that it was the most promising road the US could take to raise the chances for Mexico to . . .
- Roh Warned Against Risking Conflict With North Korea (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 15, 2006)
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has been cautioned against steering closer to the United States and "risking" the possibility of "triggering an unwanted physical clash" with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which had on October . . .
- Be Indifferent To Victory Or Loss (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 15, 2006)
When he was a child of four, the Charioteer of Fire named Sure Macho received a gift from his father. It was a kart powered by an old lawn-mower engine. From a so-humble beginning, the world champion’s career was launched. Karting soon became a . . .
- The Centre Cannot Hold (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2006)
Take a look at the broad thrust of headlines in India's national dailies on any representative day, and you will find a litany on lawlessness, crime, terrorism, disease, corruption, core shortages, and the ambience of a headlong hurtling towards disorder.
- Lashkar-E-Jhangvi: A Convenient Catch-All Name? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 15, 2006)
The interior minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, told reporters on Saturday that eight people allegedly involved in the Ayub Park blast and in planting anti-tank rockets at different locations in Islamabad last week have been arrested and they have . . .
- `I'm Questioning Several Tenets Of Economics' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 15, 2006)
Micro credit not moving in India: Prof Yunus.
- Flash In The ‘Pan’? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
McCaughrean is the latest writer to take on the task of updating one of the classics of children’s literature. So how does ‘Peter Pan in Scarlet’ match up to the original by J M Barrie?
- Prize Money (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Oct 15, 2006)
The Nobel Peace Prize does not usually go to a businessman, but Mohammed Yunus is a money-lender with a difference, and so is his Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.
- Land Grab Or Great Expectations? (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Oct 15, 2006)
One can’t fool mother nature—you cannot get away from a fair market determined price of land.
- Yunus Says Bangladesh's New Found Unity Must Extend To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The nation rejoices the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the "banker to the poor"
- Bank On Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2006)
By awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the prize committee has attempted a new definition of what constitutes ‘peace’.
- Death For Afzal Is Too Harsh, Says Farooq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said the death punishment to Mohammad Afzal, convicted in the Parliament attack case, is "too extreme," and fears for the life of the judges who have sentenced him.
- Singh Can’T Change His Nature (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced a development package of Rs 19.5 billion to gear up socio-economic uplift in Balochistan.
- Hanging Afzal Will Turn Him Into A Hero: Farooq Abdullah (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has warned that the hanging of Mohammed Afzal, convicted for the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, would turn him into a ‘a hero’ and provide ‘a massive weapon to separatists’.
- Cartel In The Air: Airline Ceos To Confabulate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The CEOs of Indian carriers are meeting in Mumbai on October 16 to address several issues facing the aviation sector including the regulation of fares and placing entry barriers for new airlines.
- Mere Condemnation Does Not Serve The Purpose (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 15, 2006)
Kim Jong-il’s “ultimate goal” is to bring about direct bilateral talks with America, meanwhile seeking and even obtaining nuclear security as the only insurance it has against a hostile move by the United States.
- Nobelity 2006: Versatility Of The Genius (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
In a country born in 1971 after a war of independence and with much of its history strewn with coups and natural disasters, some hoped the Nobel Peace Prize – the first in any category for a Bangladeshi – would help usher in a less troubled future.
- The Ban Nips The Child’S Right To Survival (Deccan Herald, Nandana Reddy, Oct 15, 2006)
Children are not commodities like narcotics that can be removed with a raid and then disposed of.
- Unsc Imposes Punitive Sanctions On North Korea (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 15, 2006)
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday unanimously voted to impose punitive sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear tests.
- Can God Help News Tv? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Oct 15, 2006)
I am writing about CNN-IBN and gods — the channel’s recently aired series ‘Faith in Progress’. I would have also liked to write about NTDV and editors but can’t — the channel’s special on the media and India airs late tonight (Friday night), way . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Oct 15, 2006)
There is a difference between law and equity (or natural justice). The power of pardon is an equitable power. Commuting a death-sentence is a partial pardon
- Bush Praises Unsc For "Swift" Sanctions Against N Korea (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 15, 2006)
The US President 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.
- Unsc Imposes Non-Military Sanctions On Nkorea (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Oct 15, 2006)
After five days of intense negotiations, the United Nations Security Council today unanimously imposed non-military sanctions on North Korea to punish it for testing a nuclear device on Monday and warned it against repeating such an act in future.
- 'Evidence Of Radioactivity Found At N Korean Test Site' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The US military has found preliminary evidence of radioactivity in North Korea, which claimed to have conducted nuclear tests last Monday, the local media has reported quoting unnamed American officials.
- Nato Seen Following Waziristan Lead (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Oct 15, 2006)
Following the visit of NATO coalition forces commander for Afghanistan, Gen David Richards, to Islamabad, it is now believed that the United States and Britain have authorised President General Pervez Musharraf to attempt to negotiate a peace deal . . .
- Getting Pakistan On Board, Without Scaring It Away (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 15, 2006)
United States Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns’ call on Pakistan to use its influence on “Kashmiri terrorist groups” to stop all attacks on India is an indirect way of telling Islamabad that it must stop all support to terrorism, period.
- Corrupt Officers Must Be Punished: Nanda (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Oct 15, 2006)
Tackling corruption has been a big challenge for Mr Gopal Chandra Nanda, Director-General of Police (Vigilance), Orissa. He is indeed a crusader against corruption.
- Over The Top (News International, Masood Hasan, Oct 15, 2006)
It seems to be the rage -- excuse the pun, for men in Pakistan to burn women at the slightest pretext. It has been going on for many long years and the disease shows no sign of abating. In fact it is registering a healthy increase.
- The New Race (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 15, 2006)
World War III may result when unrepentant Communists gang up with Islamic fundamentalists to challenge the free world. North Korea's nuclearisation, or the dangers thereof, should be considered in that context
- Indian Charges Negate Havana (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Pakistan has strongly rejected the Indian allegations of its intelligence agency’s involvement in Julyís Mumbai train bombings, the Pakistani embassy said in a letter printed in the Christian Science Monitor on Friday.
- Capital Suggestion (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 15, 2006)
Knowledge is power. Knowledge is 'possession of information, facts, ideas, truths and principles.' If knowledge is power then who has knowledge has power.
- State Of Denial (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 15, 2006)
Seven years after he took charge of the country, President General Pervez Musharraf is still engaged, in a sense, in replaying the opening sequence. It does seem a long time ago when he arrived on the scene as an admirer of Kamal Ataturk and was . . .
- Aziz Hints Political Forces To Be Realigned Before Next Elections (Daily Times, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Oct 15, 2006)
Says govt talking to ‘those who are opposed to us’
New ‘vision’ will bring progress and prosperity to Balochistan.
- A True Man Of Peace (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 15, 2006)
"I work with real people in the real world. The night before a woman is going to get her thirty-five dollars from the bank, she will be tossing and turning to decide whether she is really going to be able to repay the loan.
- Vision Balochistan To Accelerate Development (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 15, 2006)
In an interview, Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has expressed his readiness to discuss ‘all issues’ including Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan but negated the very essence of the ‘readiness’ by declaring that there can’t be discussions on . . .
- The Truth About The Kargil Episode (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad, Oct 15, 2006)
We now have two clearly delineated and mutually dismissive versions of the Kargil episode — a controversial as well as painful saga of our history.
- An Honour For South Asia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2006)
In naming Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and his Grameen Bank as the joint winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006, the Nobel selection committee has underscored an important point: that peace is not related to politics alone and is, in fact, . . .
- Outside The Media Glare (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2006)
The news from the India-Pakistan dialogue front is encouraging. The two countries have decided to revive their talks which have been stalled since July when bomb blasts in Mumbai led to horrific loss of life.
- Manmohan: ``Big Powers" Block U.N. Reform (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 15, 2006)
Reform process has a long way to go
Verifiable cross-border links
Strong support for India's plea
- Sanctions Against Dprk Imposed: Unsc Calls For Eliminating Nukes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to adopt a compromise resolution on the nuclear test by North Korea this week and imposed punishing sanctions, declaring that Pyongyang’s action posed ‘a clear threat to international .. .
- The Real-Life Economist (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 15, 2006)
Muhammad Yunus is incomparably the most honoured social activist of our era. He has received so many awards that prize-givers vie not to be left behind.
- White Nights And Magic (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
So what if it’s summer,’’ I insisted. ‘‘Aren’t we talking Russia?’’ My husband stood by patiently, even as I shoved our borrowed shawls, jumpers, and mufflers and gloves into my already bulging case. Russia was always cold, or so I was told.
- Middlemen Indispensible In Defence Deals, Says Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said that the country’s defence purchases cannot take place without the assistance of middlemen associated with the defence industries.
- Miles To Go Before We Sleep: Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 15, 2006)
Full-fledged Foreign Minister soon
May appeal against High Court ruling on Bannerjee panel
"New Foreign Minister shortly"
- Fixing A Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 15, 2006)
Six-and-a-half years after he was implicated in the match-fixing scandal, Herschelle Gibbs, international cricket's most famous fugitive, finally showed up at the Delhi Police Headquarters to answer questions about his role in the bribery affair . . .
- Un Slaps Sanctions On N. Korea (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
After five days of intense negotiations, the United Nations Security Council today unanimously imposed non-military sanctions on North Korea to punish it for testing a nuclear device on Monday and warned it against repeating such an act in future.
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