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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 31829:
- Who Needs The Military To Muddle Through? (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Sep 28, 2006)
Army rule is believed to strengthen a nation through stability. Not in Pakistan, as recent events and the latest Transparency International survey confirm .
- Cities Of Joy (Times of India, Dinesh Mohan, Sep 28, 2006)
At about the same time professionals in Delhi were finalising the First Master Plan for the city in the early 1960s, Jane Jacobs published her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
- Mush Memoir May Increase Trust Deficit (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan's trust deficit with India might have gotten just a little wider again, going by the fervent defence of terrorism aka freedom struggle by Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf, and his unrepentant, thigh-slapping account of Kargil . . .
- The Lebanon Offensive (Dawn, Mahjabeen Islam, Sep 28, 2006)
WHO started this madness in the Middle East depends on who you talk to. Factually though, Israel killed a family picnicking in Gaza.
- Jolts Of ‘In The Line Of Fire’ (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 28, 2006)
President Musharraf’s book ‘In the Line of Fire’ has hit the best seller list as it popularity surged to number 11 on actual sale from 122 in the pre-release sales at Amazon.com. The 350-page book was launched on Monday.
- Pakistan Won’T Allow Its Sovereignty Violated: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Pakistan does not want its sovereignty violated by letting U.S. troops hunt for Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda associates on the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf has said.
- Musharraf-Blair Meeting Today (News International, Rauf Klasra, Sep 28, 2006)
The recent peace deal between the Pakistan Army and local Taliban in North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan, is set to get a centre stage during crucial talks between President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Tony Blair as the president reaches . . .
- Savagery Of Israeli Attacks (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 28, 2006)
“What they really need to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit, and it’s over,” said President George W. Bush over an unnoticed open microphone at . . .
- ’93 Verdict: Memon Aide Guilty In Centaur Blast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The special TADA court trying the 1993 serial blasts case on Wednesday found accused No 44, Mushtaq Musa Tarani (40), guilty of all 12 charges against him, including planting an RDX-laden suitcase in room No 3078 of Centaur Hotel on March . . .
- Economic Links With India (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 28, 2006)
The freezing of the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan which was to resume this week has come at a time when Pakistan was proposing to enlarge the range of goods importable from India in its ‘positive list.’
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 28, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- Lebanon: A Killing Field (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2006)
All sane minds the world over must be appalled by the call by Rabbis’ Council in the West Bank for killing all civilians in Gaza and Lebanon. Rightly termed inhuman by the Makkah-based World Muslim League, the rabbis’ plea must evoke revulsion all . . .
- Replacing Rickshaws (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 28, 2006)
No old buses or two-stroke rickshaws were registered in Karachi in July, August and September. Other than this welcome beginning, however, there has been an actual overall progress on the government's long-delayed plan to phase out two-stroke . . .
- Iran Holds Nuke Talks With Solana In Germany (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet on Wednesday in Berlin for talks about Iran’s disputed nuclear programme, a German government spokesperson said.
- Creating A Good Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2006)
Governments seem to believe that the image of a country is created by either having a press which does not report anything negative or by an efficient advertisement lobby.
- Let The Digital Revolution Touch All Lives (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Sep 27, 2006)
For, empowering the people thus will bring about a dramatic transformation in their lives.
- Heights Of Deception (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 27, 2006)
It has taken seven years after the event for General Pervez Musharraf to come out with his version of the Kargil war. What an imaginative version! He tells us now that it was a great victory.
- Malegaon: Fractured Truths (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
Weeks after the Malegaon terror strikes, the police struggle to determine the identity of the perpetrators.
- Coffee With The Enemy (Indian Express, RICHARD N. HAASS, Sep 27, 2006)
Chatting with Ahmadinejad in New York wasn’t about bestowing him legitimacy. Exchange doesn’t mean endorsement.
- Terror Gets Its First Death Punishment: Oct 20 For Afzal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A sessions court today ordered that Mohammad Afzal, convicted in the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack case, be executed on October 20.
- Nainital Conclave: Rediscovering The Party (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 27, 2006)
There is a realisation among Ministers that inputs from the Congress party need not be treated as irritants. Ideas and policies have to be necessarily synchronised with ground realities and electoral compulsions.
- The Race To Choose Annan's Successor Is Hotting Up (Hindu, Dmitry Kosyrev, Sep 27, 2006)
Russia is not against any of the three front-runners from Asia. But are the Americans trying to fix the result?
- Join Hands With India To Fight Terror, Us Asks Pakistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The United States has asked Pakistan to work with India to reduce threat from Kashmiri separatist groups, many of whom were responsible for terrorist attacks in India.
- Australia Mulling Civilian Nuclear Deal With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Tuesday said the Australian Government was considering entering into a deal with India similar to the United States-India civilian nuclear agreement.
- Lack Of Funds Impeding Iraq War, Army Tells Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush suffered a serious rebuke of his wartime leadership on Monday when his Army Chief said he did not have enough money to fight the war in Iraq.
- Mahajot Myth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 27, 2006)
The recent by-elections to Lok Sabha and assembly seats in West Bengal has given the lie to the ‘mahajot’ theory, according to CPI(M) central committee member and former MP Nilotpal Basu.
- Maverick’S Musing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
It is customary when cornered to lash wildly in all directions. Pervez Musharraf is probably smart enough to understand that the clock is counting down the time for his carefully-crafted charade to conclude, hence his bid to present his side of the . . .
- Indian American Develops Sensor To Detect E. Coli (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
An Indian American scientist has developed a sensor that can detect E. coli, a bacteria, whose recent outbreak in the United States killed a woman and resulted in the hospitalisation of over 90 people.
- Crossing The Line (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2006)
I woke up to the mellifluous strains of 'chaai-kaapi' wafting through our compartment. The Kanyakumari Express had trundled past Karnataka, kissing Tamil Nadu at Coimbatore, rolling into Palakkad station in Kerala.
- Fight Terrorism With India: Us Asks Pakistan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The United States has asked Pakistan to work with India to reduce threat from Kashmiri separatist groups, many of whom were responsible for terrorist attacks in India.
- ‘Technology Overload On Modern Families (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
Modern families worldwide, including those from India, are striving for equilibrium in lives overloaded with technology, according to a study released today by Internet search titan Yahoo and OMD Media Firm.
- Mumbai Blasts: Flawed Justice (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
A Mumbai court convicts some of the accused in the March 1993 serial bombings, but the key perpetrators are still safe in Pakistan.
- Democrat Rejects Bill Frist's Charge On Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 27, 2006)
Turning the tables on the Senate Majority leader Bill Frist, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate Harry Reid has said he offered a "unanimous consent agreement" to move the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement and that the Republican leadership . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Sep 27, 2006)
A newspaper report sourced to French intelligence quoting Saudi sources claimed that Osama bin Laden died of typhoid on August 23 in Pakistan.
- ‘Technology Overload (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
Modern families worldwide, including those from India, are striving for equilibrium in lives overloaded with technology, according to a study released today by Internet search titan Yahoo and OMD Media Firm.
- Watch Out For Poetic Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 27, 2006)
Is good literature just a story well told or verse set in perfect meter? Forget what critics may opine, the French police of the 19th century seem to have been possessed of more valuable judgment regarding the ‘real’ influence of literary writers.
- U.S. Senators Trade Blame Over India Deal Delay (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 27, 2006)
Republican and Democratic leaders on Tuesday blamed each other for the U.S. Senate's delay in approving the landmark U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement.
- Is Osama Dead? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
A newspaper report sourced to French intelligence quoting Saudi sources claimed that Osama bin Laden died of typhoid on August 23 in Pakistan.
- Line Of Fire, Circle Of Unreason (Indian Express, Murtaza Razvi, Sep 27, 2006)
Everyone in Pakistan has high expectations of General Musharraf’s In the Line of Fire: the liberal urban minority, the silent majority, the religious fanatics. The book will be interpreted variously as coming from a prophet of boon or of doom, . . .
- Iran-Russia Pact On Nuclear Fuel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Russia will ship fuel to a controversial atomic power plant it is building in Iran by March under an agreement signed today ~ a deal that should allay Iranian suspicions that Moscow is dragging its feet but adds to Western fears over Teheran’s . . .
- Mush's Claims Derailed Summit, Says Vajpayee (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 27, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday hit back at Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, accusing him of derailing the Agra summit in July 2001. Breaking his silence on the controversy generated by the General's memoirs, In the Line . . .
- Pervez For Joint Control Bodies (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Sep 27, 2006)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has proposed to make the Line of Control (LoC) irrelevant and set up join management bodies in Kashmir.
- N-Deal Vote Likely To Be Delayed Even Further (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 27, 2006)
The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal is not likely to come up for a vote before the US Senate breaks for the Congressional elections at the end of this week.
- Mush Memoir May Increase Trust Deficit (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 27, 2006)
Pakistan's trust deficit with India might have gotten just a little wider again, going by the fervent defence of terrorism aka freedom struggle by Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf, and his unrepentant, thigh-slapping account of . . .
- Return Of Nam (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana comes out with a robust response to U.S. hegemony in a unipolar world.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Frontline, Partha S. Ghosh , Sep 27, 2006)
To make NAM a vehicle of South-South cooperation, what is needed is not mere joint statements but their follow-ups in letter and spirit.
- Sideline Summits (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Trade Triangle Of India, Brazil, South Africa (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Easy Target (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Sep 27, 2006)
Despite its history of communal tension, Malegaon has remained calm in the wake of the blasts.
- Dhanbad's Death Trap (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Sep 27, 2006)
The death of 50 miners in the Bhatdih Colliery in Dhanbad exposes the lack of adequate safety measures.
- Assam: Missing Monsoon (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 27, 2006)
Assam faces the threat of a famine as monsoon failure causes serious damage to the winter paddy crop.
- Bush Seeks Mush's Advice On Kashmir (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
US President George W Bush has sought advice on how he could contribute towards resolution of the India-Pakistan disputes, Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf has said.
- Power Crimes (News International, Shakir Husain, Sep 27, 2006)
On Sunday, the entire nation got a slight taste of what it is like to live in Karachi when power to 75 per cent of the country was disrupted due to a 'technical' fault. Secretary of the ministry of water and power, Ashfaq Mehmood, offered an . . .
- Made In Cuba, Unmade In Pak (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Islamabad’s assertion that those wanted by India have a ‘different status’ in Pakistan has put serious question marks on the proposed joint anti-terror institutional mechanism.
- Major Indo-German S&t Initiative Launched (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2006)
Focal areas for cooperation identified
Angela Merkel regime keen on enhancing partnership
S&T centre will take shape next year
Public-private partnership mooted.
- Pak Remains Nursery Of Global Terrorism: Pranab (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 27, 2006)
Pakistan “remains a nursery of global terrorism” and has done “precious little to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism,” Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
- United States, Who Sign Agreement For Tb Control In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
WHO given Rs. 19 crore for research, State-level implementation of disease control programme
- Science Must Be Harnessed In Full: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Presents CSIR's Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for 2006 to 13 scientists
- Balochistan Geopolitics (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 27, 2006)
Much of the nineties was spent by global oil companies trying to design how to provide accessible markets to the newly exposed Central Asian Republics. Gas resources in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are estimated to equal . . .
- Terming Pak Bomb 'Islamic' Is Racist: Musharraf (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Terming the Islamic tag given to Pakistan's nuclear bomb as "racist", President Pervez Musharraf has said nuclear testing by his country evoked a stronger protest from the global community as compared to India's test just because it was the first . . .
- Working On The French Connection (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, Sep 27, 2006)
India can look forward to enhanced nuclear cooperation with France once the Indo-US Agreement is through, says Seema Sarin
- General’S Stand On Terrorism Derailed Agra Summit: Atal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday trashed Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s assertions on the collapse of the Agra peace talks, and said that it was the latter’s intransigence about describing those carrying out terror . . .
- Senate Unlikely To Take Up Nuke Deal This Week (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
With the US Senate winding down its legislative business at the end of this week, the chances of it taking up the Indo-US nuclear deal for debate and vote are dim, but some lawmakers are of the view that there may be a faint chance that it may be . . .
- "Musharraf To Blame For Summit Failure" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on Tuesday said the Agra Summit of 2001 failed because Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf refused to accept terrorism as the cause of bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir, insisting that it was a result . . .
- Trial By Fire (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Sep 27, 2006)
I have confronted death and defied it several times in the past because destiny and fate have always smiled on me.” “… unlike most leaders, I am also a soldier, Chief of the Army Staff and Supreme Commander of my . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
It is customary when cornered to lash wildly in all directions. Pervez Musharraf is probably smart enough to understand that the clock is counting down the time for his carefully-crafted charade to conclude, hence his bid to present his side of the . . .
- Uma Rules Out Return To Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Bharatiya Janashakti president Uma Bharti today ruled out her return to the BJP but offered her party’s support for being ready to be a part of a forum of nationalistic forces to defend the country from the twin threats — market invasion by outsidE . . .
- Sunk- Cost Fallacy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2006)
You've paid a lot of money to get into the movie and it just plain stinks. The plot is ridiculous, the acting is terrible, the violence is excessive. But you've already watched half of it. Do you sit through the movie to the end or do you leave?
- Travel Agent Wins Free Trip (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
It pays to be in the travel industry, it seems. City-based travel agent Renu Kriplani recently won a promotional contest organised by South African Tourism in association with Gulf Air.
- Condi Counters Clinton's Anti-Terror Campaign Claims With Aggression (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice challenged former President Bill Clinton's claim that he did more than many of his conservative critics to pursue al-Qaeda, saying in an interview published on Tuesday that the Bush administration aggressively . . .
- Bin Laden Alive: Taliban (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said today that the failure of his Agra summit with President Pervez Musharraf was because of the General’s insistence that the bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir was “nothing but the people’s battle for freedom”.
- ‘Globalisation Is Not About Economy Alone’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2006)
But to Dr Don Betz, globalisation is a “passing word” whose import is still largely unknown. “We do not know what it will mean tomorrow. But it is definitely not about economy alone.
- Pakistan To Become It Hub (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 27, 2006)
We agree with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz that owing to policies being pursued by the present Government, Pakistan is geared to become the regional hub of IT and Telecom business.
- Bush Destined To Meet Blair’S Fate (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 27, 2006)
A classified intelligence report leaked by US spy agencies in New York has said that the war in Iraq has spawned a new wave of Islamic radicalism and increased the global threat of terrorism.
- Bush, Karzai Mull Pak-Afghan Tension (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
President Bush on Tuesday said it is naive and a mistake to think that the war with Iraq has worsened terrorism, as a key portion of a national intelligence assessment by his own administration suggests. He said he was declassifying part of the report.
- The General And His Book Will Come In The Line Of Fire (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 27, 2006)
In his memoir, In the Line of Fire, General-President Pervez Musharraf has said things that may be credible, even remarkable, in terms of barrack-room achievement; but his spin on some events of the recent past can be challenged easily.
- India Accuses Pakistan Of Being ‘Nursery Of Global Terrorism’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of being a “nursery of global terrorism”, India has asked Pakistan once again to stop all cross-border terrorism as promised and dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism still intact on its soil.
- No Taliban Hq In Quetta: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf asking Afghan president Hamid Karzai to put his own house in order first has said that there is no Taliban headquarter in Quetta and such assertions are unfounded and baseless and he is ready to challenge all such false claims.
- Forsyth Falters On Facts (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 27, 2006)
I was inspired to buy Frederick Forsyth’s latest offering, The Afghan, by my friend and Malayalam writer N.S. Madhavan’s column in a mass-circulation Malayalam daily. The desire was solidified by a front-page report in The Indian Express which . . .
- Don't Let Power Go To Your Head (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Sep 27, 2006)
The Mahabharata narrates the story of Nahusha who became king of the gods with his austerities. But he lost it when power went to his head. He fell to earth as an enormous python and had to wait for deliverance for thousands of years, until Dharma . . .
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