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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 31829:
- President Pledges To Rebuild Quake-Hit Areas (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday reiterated his firm resolve and commitment to reconstruct quake ravaged areas on modern lines and announced housing and agricultural loans written off for the quake-affected people.
- Joint Mechanism: Will It Work? (The Economic Times, Hamid Ansari, Oct 09, 2006)
Denunciation is a politico-theological instrument reflective of great anger.
- Iran Sticks To Its Guns Despite Sanction Mov (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Iran insisted on Sunday and flatly refused to suspend sensitive atomic work despite signs that world powers were close to agreeing on sanctions against Tehran.
- Pakistan Remembers Quake Dead (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Oct 09, 2006)
Pakistan today paid homage to some 73,300 people killed on this day last year in a 7.6-magnitude earthquake that destroyed much of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and parts of North West Frontier Province, as thousands of survivors faced prospects . . .
- Interventions Abroad (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Oct 09, 2006)
Since independence, the Government of India has had to exercise a military option several times in support of its policy objectives.
- Pakistan’S ‘Holistic Strategy’ And Afghanistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 09, 2006)
An official statement in Islamabad after a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and General John P Abizaid, commander-in-chief of US Central Command (CENTCOM), says that . . .
- Dealing With Time (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
IT is understandable why US Ambassador David Mulford chose to downplay last weekend expectations about the American legislative timetable for the nuclear deal. Congressional approval is now trapped in procedure.
- Caught Between Past And Future (Indian Express, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 09, 2006)
The security horizons of NATO, and Europe, are expanding in South Asia. On Thursday, 12,000 US troops in eastern Afghanistan transferred to the 31-nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which was created under UN Security Council . . .
- Money Equals Happiness? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
In a poll conducted in the US to judge the happiness quotient of the nation, people were given two choices:
- Homeless Even A Year After Quake (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Oct 09, 2006)
A year has passed since the massive earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir killing 1,400 people and injuring 5,000 others.
- Power Shift Or Balance Of Power? (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 09, 2006)
The recent coup has left Thailand unsettled. The challenge for the new leadership is to heal the divisions.
- Curfew, Bundh Sink M’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The last time curfew was imposed in Dakshina Kannada was in 1997 when Surathkal witnessed violence. However, the curfew then was restricted to only a small area in Surathkal.
- "India Could Have Won 1962 War" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
IAF chief not consulted
Capability of Chinese air force "over-estimated"
- Kashmir Remembers Quake Victims (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 09, 2006)
Hundreds visit graveyards in Tangdhar and Uri and offer prayers to the dead
- State 'Responsible' For Vidarbha Mess (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 09, 2006)
No amount of ham-fisted spin-doctoring and the desperate resurrection of a 35-year-old slogan can take away from what is fast becoming an open secret:
- A Bigger Bang (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 09, 2006)
T S Eliot famously ended his poem 'The Hollow Men' by saying that the world would end not with a bang but a whimper. Maybe. But how did the world or for that matter all the worlds in existence begin?
- Eu-India Summit: Seeking Free Trade In Helsinki (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Oct 09, 2006)
Hopefully, EU-India free trade will aim for genuine, least-restrictive liberalisation through comprehensive coverage, strong transparency disciplines and liberal rules of origin.
- Iran, Turkey Support Syria More Than Arabs: Bashar (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Syrian President Bashar al-Asad has said that Iran and Turkey support Syria’s position more than the Arab countries do, IRNA reported.
- Clemency — For The Right Reasons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
The issue of exercising presidential clemency and commuting to life imprisonment the death sentence passed on Mohammad Afzal in the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case — which took a toll of nine lives, not counting the five terrorists killed . . .
- Sensitivities That Call For Care, Caution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
"This is not the first time The Hindu has published such communally slanted statements."
- Mystery Threat To Pink Flamingos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
ONE OF the natural world's most breathtaking sights — the pink and crimson clouds of flamingos that flock over East Africa — is under threat.
- Is Pakistan Aiding Iraqi Resistance Too? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 08, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of providing assistance to Taliban, commanders of five NATO countries, based in Afghanistan, are reported to have asked their governments to use once again the threatening language of ‘either with us or against us’ vis-à-vis Pakistan.
- One Year On, Much Needs To Be Done (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
A year has gone by since this country experienced its worst ever natural or man-made disaster, when in a matter of minutes over 86,000 people -- many of them children -- lost their lives, hundreds thousands more lost their limbs and millions lost . . .
- Terror Fight Must Consider Ground Realities: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
President tells Gen Abizaid to inform Afghan govt of realities
Says Pakistan, US and Afghanistan must adopt joint strategy against Taliban
- Living With Disasters (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
On this eighth of October, we observe the first anniversary of the most severe national disaster in our history. And as anniversaries go, this has a particular significance.
- Capital Suggestion (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
Al Azhar Mosque was founded on the 14th day of Ramadan the year 359 H or 971 AD (after the name of Sayeda Fatima Al-Zahra). In 975 AD, Chief Justice Abdul Hasan Al-No'man of the Fatimid Caliphate gave his first lecture on Shiite . . .
- When The Pope Beat The Turks (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Oct 08, 2006)
Most people would recall October 7 as the date on which US President George W Bush launched his "war on terror" by invading Afghanistan in 2001.
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 08, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order.
- Escaping George Bush’S Future (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Oct 08, 2006)
It always comes back to oil. The continuing misguided interventions in the Middle East by the US and UK have their roots deep in the Arabian sand.
- Special Article (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Oct 08, 2006)
Seven phases of Indian foreign policy may be identifiable since Nehru; the current phase seems to involve subservience to the strong, jingoism otherwise
- That Sinking Feeling (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 08, 2006)
No amount of ham-fisted spin-doctoring and the desperate resurrection of a 35-year-old slogan can take away from what is fast becoming an open secret: The floundering Government of Manmohan Singh.
- The Empire Of Deceit (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 08, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
- Poonch Needs Attention Of Government (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 08, 2006)
Every body living in the District or who has a chance to visit this far flung, hilly, border and backward District will at once say that District Poonch is ignored in developmental activities and it lags behind all other areas of the Jammu and Kashmir. .
- Guerrilla Warfare (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 08, 2006)
The Army Chief General J J Singh has deputed Brigadier B K Ponwal, who was the Chief Instructor at the Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) of the Army in Mizoram to the Jungle Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College at Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
- A Whiter Shade Of Brown (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 08, 2006)
Here's a particularly interesting paradox. Nearly sixty years after Partition, some Pakistanis continue to exhibit a disproportionate negativity towards India. '37, '47, '65, '71 and 2002 are consistently rounded off to 666, the mark of the devil.
- Foreign Policy: Menon For Consensus (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Oct 08, 2006)
In move that has no precedence, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon has initiated a process of consultations with leaders of prominent political parties with a view to forge consensus on key foreign policy issues.
- With Gandhi In South Africa (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2006)
Jawaharlal Nehru, while paying tribute to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, once said, “where he walked is hallowed ground”. Some of us, fortunate to be with Manmohan Singh during his recent visit to South Africa, felt that where Gandhi was thrown out . . .
- Writers, Not Ambassadors (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 08, 2006)
Writers, unless they are still stuck in the Soviet tractor-art mode of extolling social realism, are their own masters.
- Terrorists Cannot Be Dubbed Freedom Fighters: Justice Anand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
National Human Rights Commissioner (NHRC) Justice A S Anand today said that to term a terrorist as a freedom fighter was to insult freedom fighters.
- Pm To Talk Trade, Terror With Eu (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh's EU summit next week at Helsinki is expected to kick off negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in goods and services, while affording him an opportunity to show evidence of a Pakistan connection in recent 7/11 terror . . .
- We Helped J&k Insurgency: Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Pakistan has admitted that it might have helped insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir at “some time” but claimed it is now “trying our best” to prevent infiltration of militants into India.
- Land Use And Food Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2006)
Given the path we are following, the future will see us importing food on a regular basis.
- Big Footprint, Small Vision (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Oct 08, 2006)
Jaipal Reddy was our guest this Friday for “Ideas Exchange”, the weekly interaction between Indian Express journalists and important/interesting newsmakers (the full account of the interaction will appear, as usual, in The Sunday Express).
- Mid-Term Report Card: Average (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2006)
The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the flagship programme of the UPA government — launched in partnership with the state governments — is expected to be instrumental in attaining the goal of Universal Elementary Education (UEE) in the country.
- Foley’S Folly & Other Monkey Business (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2006)
In 1998, Bob Livingston won the Republican Party’s blessing to succeed Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House.
- Wheat Package: For Whose Benefit? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
It is designed to camouflage government's flawed policies that led to imports this year
- Masala Maketh The Book (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Oct 08, 2006)
As far as political books go, it is the sensational and lesser known truths that sell. ‘In the Line of Fire’ falls in the former category.
- When The Pain Seems Endless... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Yet another fictional account of the continuing violence in Kashmir, but one that touches the heart.
- Pm To Discuss Terror With Britain, Eu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise with the leadership of Britain and the European Union (EU) next week, India’s concerns over cross-border terrorism with respect to recent evidence that Pakistan’s ISI and terror outfits were behind the July 11 . .
- Reading Between The General’S Lines (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Oct 08, 2006)
Perhaps one way of getting the measure of Musharraf’s “memoirs” is to consider what the book isn’t. It is not, in the strict sense of the word, an autobiography or an exercise in Presidential literature.
- An Attractive Swap: Qatar’S Stake In Indian Energy Economy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 08, 2006)
Reports say India is to source an additional 10 million tonnes (MT) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar and offer, in the bargain, a stake in Dabhol power plant’s hived-off LNG terminal to the Gulf state.
- U.K. To Probe Data Theft In Call Centres (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
TV channel reported that Britons' financial records available for $15
- A Friend From The Past (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
It can be disarming and pleasantly surprising meeting old friends after a gap of fifty years.
- Mad Melbourne (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
If you find yourself in Melbourne in the first week of November, be prepared to rough it out.
- Movement As Design (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Oct 08, 2006)
Ankit Patel's art is inspired by his rustic roots, as folk traditions and even farm equipment impact his creations.
- Recording Gandhi (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Oct 08, 2006)
Listening to the speeches of N.K. Bose is more rewarding than reading many books on Gandhi.
- Pressure Mounts On Iran (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 08, 2006)
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany have agreed to discuss imposition of sanctions against Iran following its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
- Musharraf Urges Fight Against Terrorism, Extremism (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf urged the people of Shandur on Sunday to stand firm against terrorists and extremists in the remote mountainous region, where Osama bin Laden was once reportedly hiding.
- World Powers Ratchet Up Pressure On Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The six world powers seeking to defuse the Iran nuclear crisis ratcheted up pressure on the Islamic state Friday, agreeing to discuss sanctions and lamenting Tehran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
- Nato Command In Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
NATO's assumption of control of security for all of Afghanistan is the first time since the end of the Second World War that US troops will be deployed under foreign command.
- Operation Freedom (News International, Editorial, The News International, Oct 07, 2006)
It was not the first time that America decided to punish an alleged aggressor and to overthrow regimes, which were acting against its national interests.
- When The Pope Beat The Turks (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Oct 07, 2006)
Most people would recall October 7 as the date on which US President George W Bush launched his "war on terror" by invading Afghanistan in 2001. But history records October 7 as the date when, in 1571, the Holy League cobbled by Pope Pius V trounced . . .
- The Empire Of Deceit (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 07, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
Pick up a textbook of abnormal psychology and go to the chapter on sociopathic personality disorders - you will find a disturbingly accurate portrait of . . .
- Us Sends Prayers, Pledges Continued Aid A Year After Pakistan Quake (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The United States offered its prayers and a continued pledge to help Pakistan rebuild a year after a devastating earthquake killed 74,000 people and left 3.5 million homeless in the Asian nation.
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 07, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order. It's all too plain to see that the "headmaster" in charge of the war on terror is . . .
- World Powers Urge N Korea To Back Down On Nuclear Test (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
World powers were set to adopt a joint statement Friday urging North Korea to abandon plans to test a nuclear device, which Japan said could happen as early as this weekend.
- Russia Opposes Ultimatum On Iran, Major Powers Meet (Reuters, Sophie Walker, Oct 07, 2006)
Russia said it agreed with China no ultimatum should be issued to Iran over its nuclear programme, underlining divisions as world powers met on Friday to discuss U.S. and British proposals for possible sanctions.
- Bush Administration To Continue Pushing N-Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Amid expectation that the Bill on Indo-US civil nuclear deal would be taken up by the senate in the 'lame-duck' session in November, Washington on Friday said the Bush administration will keep on pushing for conclusion of the process even if it . . .
- Russia, China Reject Use Of Force, Ultimatum Against Iran (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Russia and China reject the use or threat of force against Iran over its nuclear programme and believe any attempts to pressure Tehran with ultimatums are counter-productive, the Interfax news agency quoted a top Russian diplomat as saying on Friday.
- Escaping George Bush’S Future (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Oct 07, 2006)
It always comes back to oil. The continuing misguided interventions in the Middle East by the US and UK have their roots deep in the Arabian sand.
- More Companies Set To Join "Red" Brand Aids Fight (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
A second wave of companies including a major consumer electronics group is set to join the ''Red'' product branding alliance as the scheme to raise money to fight AIDS in Africa goes global.
- We May Have Helped Insurgency Some Time, Says Pakistan Envoy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Pakistan has admitted that it might have helped insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir at ``some time'' but claimed "it is now trying its best'' to prevent infiltration of militants into India.
- Desi Lawyers To Talk Us & Uk Experts (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
India has set up two groups of lawyers and legal experts to hold discussions with their British and American counterparts to open up the legal services sector for foreign players.
- An Attractive Swap: Qatar’S Stake In Indian Energy Economy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 07, 2006)
Reports say India is to source an additional 10 million tonnes (MT) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar and offer, in the bargain, a stake in Dabhol power plant’s hived-off LNG terminal to the Gulf state.
- Us Bird Flu Plans Near 'State Of The Art'-Official (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
US preparations against a possible outbreak of the deadly form of the H5N1 avian flu virus are solid, but other countries may not be as ready, a US health safety official warned.
- Uk To Probe India Call-Centre Data Security (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The UK government will investigate the security of personal data at Indian telephone call-centres after a television programme said financial records for hundreds of thousands of Britons were available for purchase there.
- India To Buy 40 Second-Hand French Jets (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
India wants to buy about 40 used fighter jets from France and Qatar to bolster its defenses, the Indian Air Force chief said.
- India Must Sign Npt For Civil-Nuclear Cooperation With Eu: Fontelles (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 07, 2006)
The European Union on Friday asked India to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying this would open the doors for civil nuclear cooperation with European nations.
- Quake Areas To Get Rs3bn For Housing Subsidy (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Oct 07, 2006)
The federal government on Friday decided to provide Rs3 billion for early payment of housing subsidy to the earthquake-affected people of 34 union councils of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.
- How Hudood Law Is Hurting Society (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 07, 2006)
I have had the opportunity of listening to the president of Pakistan speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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