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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 31829:
- Not A Banana Republic? (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Sep 29, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- Beyond The Controversy (Hindu, SHIVASUNDAR, Sep 29, 2006)
Tipu Sultan has always been misrepresented because the victors are the ones who have a say in recording history.
- Corn: The Plastic Alternative (Business Line, A. V. Swaminathan , Sep 29, 2006)
The sustained campaign against petroleum-based plastics has made manufacturers in the US look at new, renewable raw materials for a range of everyday items. Plastic made from corn derivatives is one such material that is generating widespread interest.
- Ramazan 1427 (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 29, 2006)
The month of Ramazan was known to the Arabs even before the advent of Islam, but in the second year of Hijrah (623 AD), a Quranic revelation transformed the nature of this month.
- Combating Aids: Yunnan Shows The Way (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 29, 2006)
While many of China's other regions pretend that AIDS does not exist, Yunnan has begun to experiment with novel pilot projects such as the methadone therapy and needle exchange programmes.
- No Deal Campaigners Set To Lose Battle (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 29, 2006)
Despite the perverse pessimism in some quarters in New Delhi, the overriding consensus in the State Department, on Capitol Hill and in the strategic affairs community here is that the India-United States civil nuclear deal is on course.
- Pervez's Memoir Diplomacy (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 29, 2006)
The real motive behind General Musharraf's long stay in the US remains a mystery
- The Captive Shames The Captor And Shames Himself (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Sep 29, 2006)
He opted to be a refugee in Pakistan rather than remain a resident in India during Partition. He started his career as a soldier, the most prestigious job then and why even now, in his adopted country.
- Pervez: Couriers Hold Key To Qaeda Network (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 29, 2006)
The Al Qaeda has established a well-entrenched courier system as the mainstay of its communications network in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Outrageous Strategems (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 29, 2006)
Celebration time for at least some members of parliament. No, they do not belong to the group of celebrities who were involved in the imbroglio over office of profit.
- Bush Asks Pervez, Karzai To Join In Terror Hunt (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 29, 2006)
In the midst of war of words between Pakistani and Afghan Presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai, US President George Bush has said his country needed to work with them to “strategise together” to defeat terrorism.
- South Korea's Ban Still Ahead In U.N. Leader Race (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Sep 29, 2006)
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon retained his lead in an informal Security Council poll for U.N. secretary-general on Thursday, the only candidate to get a clear majority.
- Again, Tharoor Finishes Second In Un Race (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
India’s nominee Shashi Tharoor again finished second behind South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon in an informal Security Council poll for UN secretary-general on Thursday but got two votes less than in the last straw poll.
- Karzai, Mush Bristle In Bush's Rose Garden (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
In a Rose Garden appearance arranged to show warmth and unity, the bickering leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan shook hands with President George W. Bush but not with each other.
- Bad Water Remains (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2006)
The world has made strides in improving access to clean water in developing countries, but lack of safe drinking sources and decent sanitation still claims the lives of 1.5 million youngsters every year, Unicef warned today.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2006)
The continuing war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad ~ even if diplomats prefer to describe the sniping as “clarifications” ~ over the scope and role of the proposed joint mechanism on terrorism has rendered it a virtual non-starter.
- ‘Iran Won’T Stop Uranium Enrichment’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Iranian President Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today rejected demands that Teheran suspend uranium enrichment activities, saying his government was determined to continue pursuing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
- To Allocate Spectrum, Study Real Estate (The Financial Express, V SRIDHAR, Sep 29, 2006)
Trai has made a fine beginning towards resolving complex spectrum management issues
- By The Book (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
The Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, has consistently invited scepticism in India. Predictably, the publication of his memoir, In the Line of Fire, has intensified public disquiet in India about him.
- Tangerine Tales In Marmalade Prose (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
Julia Glass’s second novel is strikingly similar to her first, Three Junes. Both are set in the West Village of New York (“a city of freely eccentric people”) and tell remarkably similar stories about parenthood, sexuality and human relationships.
- U.S. Homework Outsourced As "E-Tutoring" Grows (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Private tutors are a luxury many American families cannot afford, costing anywhere between $25 to $100 an hour. But California mother Denise Robison found one online for $2.50 an hour -- in India.
- India Asks Pakistan To Dismantle Terror Outfits (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Asking President Pervez Musharraf to stick to his commitment to end cross-border terrorism, India said today that Pakistan should dismantle terror outfits on its eastern border just as it was doing on its western border with Afghanistan.
- Loc Can Become Line Of Co-Operation: Pranab (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Asking President Pervez Musharraf to stick to his commitment to end cross-border terrorism, India today said Pakistan should dismantle terror outfits on its eastern border just as it is doing on its Western border with Afghanistan.
- Man Haunt (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2006)
The presence of a spectral figure lurking behind one's back is a feeling often reported by people who manage to psych themselves up when walking down a lonely street or past a graveyard at night. But now neuroscientists at the Swiss Federal
- Al-Qaida Wants Scientists (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The new leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq said in an audio message posted on a website today that more than 4,000 foreign insurgents have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003.
- Bush Urges Anti-Terror Allies To Cooperate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
In a White House appearance arranged to show warmth and unity, the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan shook hands with President George W. Bush but not with each other.
- Norwegian Envoy To Arrive In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 29, 2006)
To persuade Government, LTTE to halt hostilities and resume dialogue
Norway engaged in behind-the-scenes activities to iron out issues
Prabhakaran says he is serious about negotiations.
- Haj House Row Raje Govt. Creation: Gehlot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Congress general secretary and former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has described the controversy over the construction of a Haj House at Sanganer near here as the creation of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government in Rajasthan.
- A Crisis And An Opportunity In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 29, 2006)
The SLMM report, detailing the violations of the ceasefire agreement by the LTTE and the Government, underlines the need for a speedy return to the dialogue table.
- On-Screen Gore Sublimates Violent Impulses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2006)
Violence is not a metaphysical thing; it's one of the most physical of experiences from the point of view of its victim.
- ``U.S. For Rapid Economic Reform In India'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
"Reforms at the macro level will be central to transforming into a superpower"
India, U.S. have developed strategic relationships in many areas
Efforts on to reduce visa-processing delays
India should enforce Intellectual Property Rights standards
- "Globalisation Will Only Work If The Winners Share With The Losers" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
Economist and Nobel laureateJoseph Stiglitz,author, most recently, ofMaking Globalisation Work, spoke to Nobel Laureates Plus editor Nathan Gardels on September 22.
- A Different Kind Of Truth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
Good non-fiction needs more than just facts - it takes a degree of well-disciplined artifice.
- Language: For Torture Or Communication? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Sep 29, 2006)
Given India's demographic mix, the link language should primarily be a tool for communication.
- Hunting The Elusive Osama Bin Laden (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Sep 29, 2006)
Speculating about Osama bin Laden's fate and whereabouts is a favourite pastime of many people, particularly those in the media, military and politics.
- Damage And Claims (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2006)
A very important order was given this month by the State Commission for Consumer Complaints Redressal in Delhi.
- Turkey-Eu: ‘Train Crash’ Ties (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 29, 2006)
West asia- Turkey's troubled candidacy: Legislation not implemented on the accession process.
- Iraq Sinking Into Chaos (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Sep 28, 2006)
Iraq is on the verge of a civil war, with guerillas and sectarian forces beginning to dominate Al Anbar province and Kirkuk city.
- One Nationalist After Another (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2006)
Japan's new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, appears set to add impetus to the revival of nationalist spirit that was a singular feature of his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's tenure.
- Cooperation First, Then Safeguards (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 28, 2006)
AEC Chairman Anil Kakodkar talks about the options before India vis-a-vis the U.S. Bill on the nuclear deal.
- Direct Proof Of Dark Matter (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Sep 28, 2006)
Scientists claim that a violent cosmic collision provides evidence of `dark matter', the hypothetical dominant stuff of the universe.
- James Connaughton On Global Warming (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 28, 2006)
Interview with James Connaughton, Chairman, U.S. Council on Environmental Quality.
- Coup In Bangkok (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 28, 2006)
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is ousted in absentia in a bloodless coup.
- Rain Of Bombs (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
In the pre-dawn hours of February 11, 2003, a United States Special Forces convoy making its way up an isolated valley near the village of Baghran was hit with machine-gun and rifle fire from five persons located on two ridges above the valley.1
- Targeting Al Qaeda (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The ethnic Pashtun hamlet of Damadola Burkanday in the Bajaur Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Territories is inhabited by the Mamond tribe. Bajaur has a history of strong jehadi sentiments.
- Suicide Car Bombs Vs 'Precision' Bombs (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The United States' bombs that use the latest technology cause far more civilian deaths than the Taliban's suicide car bombs.
- Put Some Steel Into The Relationship (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Sep 28, 2006)
Delhi must do much more to translate French goodwill for India into tangible gains for its economy, says Asheesh Shah.
- Unshackling Indian R&d (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Sep 28, 2006)
We need to utilise the pool of Indian talent in R&D that is providing the cutting edge to other countries, says Vinayshil Gautam.
- Us Senators Trade Blame Over India Deal Delay (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Republican and Democratic leaders on Tuesday blamed each other for the US Senate’s delay in approving the landmark US-India nuclear cooperation agreement.
- Musharraf Backtracks On Statements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Backtracking on the claims made in his just-released memoirs, President Pervez Musharraf said the United States' Central Intelligence Agency did not pay money to the Pakistan Government for handing over Al-Qaeda suspects.
- New Thinking On Cyberspace (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Sep 28, 2006)
The Internet Governance Forum promises many new things for the global community.
- Musharraf Backtracks On Statements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Backtracking on the claims made in his just-released memoirs, President Pervez Musharraf said the United States' Central Intelligence Agency did not pay money to the Pakistan Government for handing over Al-Qaeda suspects.
- Us, Pak, Afghanistan Need To Work Together, Says Bush (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 28, 2006)
Emphasising that the US, Pakistan and Afghanistan needed to work together on various "challenges", President George W Bush has said his dinner meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai was a chance to . . .
- Bush Contends With 2 Reports Refuting Iraq Gains (Reuters, Steve Holland, Sep 28, 2006)
An intelligence report showing an upsurge in Islamic militancy put the White House on the defensive on Wednesday in an election-year debate over whether President George W. Bush has made America safer.
- Unique Struggle (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
This examination of the freedom struggle in Assam is an intense work based on solid research.
- Al Qaeda Gains Recruits From Iraq War: U.N. Study (Reuters, Irwin Arieff, Sep 28, 2006)
A U.N. report released on Wednesday said the Iraq war provided al Qaeda with a training center and recruits, reinforcing a U.S. intelligence study blaming the conflict for a surge in Islamic extremism.
- A Foreign Hand (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Sep 28, 2006)
Making a commitment under GATS on education could prevent the government from adopting a nuanced policy that can ensure good quality higher education.
- Facing The Truth (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan has solved its border problem with China, but India is caught in a prolonged dispute.
- Coup In Pakistan: The Mystery That Never Was (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 28, 2006)
The mystery has been resolved over speculation that started last Monday about a military coup in Islamabad. The speculation was prompted in part by a report on a US radio station and further fuelled by the sudden absence from public view of . . .
- Why Tony Blair Has To Go (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 28, 2006)
Nobody sells New Labour like Mr. Blair, and the faithful are anxious about losing him. For all that, there was no appeal for him to stay.
- Cellphone Concerns (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Sep 28, 2006)
While use of cellphones to facilitate crime is serious, of greater concern is the fact that these phones have become a profitable target for street gangs.
- Coming Clean (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2006)
Our hygiene standards do not extend beyond home.
- The Cag Report (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The CAG's latest report indicts the NDA government's disinvestment exercise which resulted in grave losses to the exchequer.
- Musharraf Stresses Need To Fight Taliban (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Underscoring Pakistan’s lead role in the fight against terrorism, President General Pervez Musharraf has said the focus had now been shifted from al-Qaeda to Taliban who were mainly based in Afghanistan and operating under the command of their leader . .
- Bush In Pak-Afghan Tug-Of-War (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
President George W Bush jokes that he'll study the body language of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf at the dinner table early on Thursday to see how far their relationship has frayed.
- The Captain Sank This Ship (Indian Express, Manpreet Badal, Sep 28, 2006)
As a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the last 11 years and a Punjabi pained by the accelerated administrative downfall in Punjab in the last four and a half years, I have been an anguished spectator as my state has been systematically . . .
- What Clinton Didn’T Do. . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
Bill Clinton's outburst on Fox News was something of a public service, launching a debate about the antiterror policies of his administration.
- General Observations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
Does our political class have the bipartisan spirit to stand up against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s brazen distortion of the nature and outcome of the Kargil war?
- Another Memon Aide Held Guilty (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
A Tada court in Mumbai on Wednesday convicted Mohammed Mushtaq Musa Tarani, a close associate of Tiger Memon, the brain behind the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts conspiracy, on all charges, including triggering a blast in a five-star hotel at Juhu in . . .
- Us Thinks Afghanistan More Do-Able Than Iraq (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 28, 2006)
Among the reams of statistics available in the world's most powerful capital city, two stand out as representative of the United States' existential dilemma. Of every dollar of American tax-payer money disbursement for development work - . . .
- Revolutionary Reader (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
Among the revolutionaries of India, Bhagat Singh is probably the most popular. On his martyrdom, he was praised even by Mahatma Gandhi, stating: “The grave blunder committed by the Government has increased our power of winning the freedom for which . . .
- Winning The Pr War (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 28, 2006)
Much has been made -- some of it on valid grounds -- of a sitting head of state writing a memoir and in the process leaking state secrets, casting allegations against former prime ministers and embarrassing foreign governments in the process.
- Sack Over Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
The Karnataka government’s move to derecognise 1420 schools for imparting instruction in the English language at the primary level is extraordinary in its short-sightedness, political cynicism and blatant parochialism.
- Opposition Accuses Musharraf Of Disclosing State Secrets (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Major Opposition parties on Tuesday lashed out at President Pervez Musharraf, saying he used national resources for the launch of his book and disclosed state secrets to increase its sale.
- Us Amphibious Navy Ship For India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
With military ties growing, the US is transferring one of its amphibious ships “USS Trenten” to India to give the Indian Navy the capability to move troops and equipment to greater distances, a top American Commander has said.
- Pet Bills Take Indo-Us Nuke Deal Down To Wire (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Sep 28, 2006)
The good news: There is overwhelming support for the Indo-US civil nuclear deal in the US Senate. The bad news: This is why individual senators are tying their pet bills to the Senate vote on the nuclear deal.
- Under A New Boss (Telegraph, RABINDRA SEN, Sep 28, 2006)
As this year draws to a close, one of the critical issues doing the rounds in the international arena is the election of the new United Nations secretary-general who will succeed Kofi Annan, whose second term expires at the end of 2006.
- Against Reform (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2006)
Discretion is the worst part of policy. It may now have been decided that prime agricultural land will not be diverted for use as special economic zones, but distortions caused by SEZ policy encompass more than land. SEZs belong to an era when . . .
- Nuke Bill Is Caught In Democrat, Republican Infighting (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 28, 2006)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear energy deal is now stuck in the pre-election war between Republicans and Democrats, who are blaming each other for the delay in taking up the nuclear bill for a vote in the US Senate but have still not fixed a date and . . .
- Religious Pluralism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
America is an increasingly pluralistic society, an amalgam of different races, cultures, nationalities, religions. In these conditions Americans can only be grateful for the Constitution's wisdom of erecting a wall of separation between church and . . .
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