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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 31829:
- Foreign Investor Worries (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
The annual perception survey conducted by the American Business Council, a grouping of American companies operating in the private sector in Pakistan, focuses this time on the issue of law and order in the country.
- Blair Is Further Humiliated (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in a Labour rally against Prime Minister Tony Blair in Manchester on Saturday. Activists chanting slogans against Blair and Iraq occupation marched through the city to vent their anger over the British . . .
- General's Grand Theory Of `Enlightened Moderation' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 25, 2006)
In his book, In the Line of Fire: A Memoir, Pakistan's military ruler locates his "out of the box" Kashmir solution within the larger context of having to respond to 9/11 and a vastly more violent and volatile post-9/11 world.
- Over 1,000 Kashmiri Militants In Hizb Camps In Pak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 25, 2006)
Over 1,000 trained Kashmiri terrorists are "currently stranded" in three camps of the Hizbul Mujahideen in the Hazara region of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to a media report.
- Musharraf Backs Women’S Bill (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Facing heat from moderates and rights activists over controversial Islamic laws, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the laws were “extremely discriminatory” against women and he would ensure the passage of the Bill seeking their . . .
- Sri Lanka Says Sinks 11 Rebel Boats In Naval Clash (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Sep 25, 2006)
Sri Lanka's navy sank 11 Tamil Tiger vessels and killed dozens of rebels in a fierce five-hour battle overnight, the military said on Monday, a fortnight after the foes agreed to resume peace talks to halt renewed civil war.
- Blair Is Churchillian (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 25, 2006)
The most justifiable war in recent history is the one the 'English-speaking' people are fighting against the Taliban and Al Qaeda elements, says Andrew Robert.
- Rape Law Reform Lays Bare Pakistan's Political Morass (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 25, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Manmohan In Havana (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 25, 2006)
Upsetting Israel, meeting Fidel Ignoring for the moment the rabbit our PM pulled out of a hat with General Musharraf in Havana, we had some weeks ago asked in these pages whether the Dr Singh we would see at the NAM summit would be the old . . .
- Australia Says No Change In Uranium Ban For India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The Australian government said on Monday it was considering a new push by New Delhi to buy Australian uranium but it had not changed a policy that bans uranium sales to India.
- Kerala Hc Ruling Good For India's Image (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 25, 2006)
The Kerala High Court judgement quashing the bans on Coke and Pepsi is a blow for due process and the rule of law.
- Iraqi Militants Claim Killing Of Indians (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An al-Qaeda-linked group in Iraq claimed on Sunday it had executed 10 Shiite Muslims from India and Pakistan, according to an Internet statement.
- Qaeda Tape Shows Ultras Setting Captured Us Troopers Ablaze (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An al-Qaeda linked group posted a Web video on Saturday purporting to show the bodies of two American soldiers being dragged behind a truck, then set on fire in apparent retaliation for the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by US troops from the . . .
- Iraq Militants Claim Killing 10 Indians, Pakistanis (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An al-Qaeda linked group in Iraq claimed on Sunday it had executed 10 Shiite Muslims from India and Pakistan, according to an Internet statement.
- Bluff And Bluster (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 25, 2006)
Is too much being read into Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's belligerent posturing prior to his meeting with US President George W Bush in Washington, DC on Friday?
- ‘Us Forces Abuse Afghan Prisoners’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Two Afghan detainees died in the custody of US special forces in Afghanistan and several others were badly beaten or tortured there, a media report claimed today.
- Sting Jobs, Employee Surveillance And A New Work Environment (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 25, 2006)
It is straight out of a Tom Clancy or Fredrick Forsyth novel.
- Great Wall Of India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 25, 2006)
Ports, as a revealing surrender earlier this year by US President George W. Bush to his Congress proved, can breed paranoia.
- Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2006)
It is not just fundamental Muslims who have used force for conversion but several followers of Christianity.
- Sez Rush Expected To Cool Down (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The rush by business groups to put up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and the red carpets rolled out for them by various states could face speed breakers following the complaints about the way lands of farmers were sought to be grabbed for the SEZs.
- Al-Qaeda Group Killed Indians In Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An Al-Qaeda linked group in Iraq claimed on Sunday it had executed 10 Shiite Muslims from India and Pakistan, according to an Internet statement.
- 'No Evidence That Osama Bin Laden Is Dead' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret services believed he had . . .
- ‘War In Iraq Spawned New Terror’ (Deccan Herald, Mark Mazzetti, Sep 25, 2006)
A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since . . .
- The Threat Of Local Jihadis (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Terrorism has struck deep roots in India and Nizam-e-Mustafa is the cry now.
- Fund-Bank Meet: Asia's Growth Is Sustainable (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 25, 2006)
The high point of the recent annual Fund-Bank meet in Singapore was the endorsement by the World Economic Outlook that Asia's growth is sustainable and its recognition that a strong policy framework has been key in enabling the Asian success story.
- Fresh Setback To Doha Round (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 25, 2006)
It is disappointing to note that the trend of progress in the Doha Round negotiations has been reversed once again, in the process strengthening the hands of those who have always held that the Doha Round (and perhaps also the WTO) is terminally ill.
- Agra: Thousands Of Dead Fish, Reptiles Discovered (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
After thousands of dead sea horses, snakes, turtles, scorpions and alligator babies spilled out of formaline-filled containers at a godown in Agra, authorities have offered a Rs.10,000 reward for information on a man believed to be running . . .
- How Yer Doin', Mukarram? (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
A tracing of the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad's life in Australia, with all its highs and very many lows.
- Customer Service Is A Nagging Problem (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 25, 2006)
Even respected multinationals seem unable or unwilling to consistently aim at service that is prompt and efficient, very much like their traditional Indian counterparts.
- State Of The Art Or Art Of The State? (The Financial Express, MELVYN KRAUSS, Sep 25, 2006)
September is traditionally the time when opera companies and orchestras return to their home cities from Aix, Salzburg, Tanglewood, and countless other summer festivals.
- Courtesy, The Bindhu (OutLook, S. ANAND, Sep 25, 2006)
Srividya has produced one of the finest fictional critiques of caste society.
- Fresh Print (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Cartoon, primarily is a media tool functioning in the realm of social science and politics. The social reality of the Westerner is simpler and straight forward in comparison to ours. Even a doctor in Houston will not have to encounter the . . .
- Iraq War Spawned Terrorism, Radicals: Us Report (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The Iraq war gave birth to a new generation of Islamic radicals and the terrorist threat has grown since the September 11 attacks, according to a US intelligence report cited in The New York Times on Saturday.
- Kashmir Issue Has To Be Resolved Between India And Pakistan: Bush (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush on Friday said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Iraqi Militants Say Killed Indians, Pakistanis (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
militant group in Iraq said on Saturday it had killed ten Indians and Pakistanis whom it had abducted as they were on their way to Syria.
- Japan Launches Satellite To Explore Sun (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Japan launched an observation satellite today on a joint mission with the United States and Britain to explore the sun.
- Women Themselves To Blame? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Sep 24, 2006)
Every now and then, one comes across reports of one or the other group of women activists protesting against what they describe as wrong or ‘‘exploitative’’ projection of women in media particularly the electronic media.
- Second Thoughts (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 24, 2006)
By declaring war on “worshippers of the Cross”, al Qaida militants remind us that Osama bin Laden could be an incarnation, albeit on the other side of the fence, of the 15th-century Spanish Dominican, Tomás de Torquemada, known as . . .
- Osama Death Buzz Again, Few Takers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A leaked foreign intelligence document published in a French newspaper today set off a loud buzz that Osama bin Laden may have died of typhoid in Pakistan last month, but no country would confirm anything.
- Turmoil In West Asia (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Sep 24, 2006)
The recent ceasefire followed by a missile attack on Lebanon by the Israeli air force unmistakably indicates a posturing that the western interests lie in finding no immediate solution for bringing the Israeli blitz to an end, but rather in . . .
- Pm Warns Of Terror Attacks (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 24, 2006)
Obviously concerned at their party's dipping popularity among the minorities, both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took up cudgels for the minority community and asked the security agencies and state . . .
- Man Who Made Pak Fall In Line (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
The man at the centre of the controversy over the threat to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age if it did not support the United States in the war on terrorism is often spoken as having sinews of steel and a heart of gold.
- The Havana Betrayal (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2006)
If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in the race for canonisation, his spectacular act of forgiveness in Havana would have ensured instant deification by any council of the exalted.
- Iraq War Spawned Terrorism, Radicals - U.S. Report (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The Iraq war gave birth to a new generation of Islamic radicals and the terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a U.S. intelligence report cited in The New York Times on Saturday.
- Baluchistan Uprising (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2006)
The extent to which the so-called ‘‘second War of Independence’’ in Baluchistan has been galvanised in the aftermath of the octogenarian Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s ‘‘martyrdom’’ on August 26 can be gleaned from three developments.
- Musharraf Accused Of Weakness (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 24, 2006)
President caved in to U.S. pressure: Opposition
- Sometimes, A Hawk Must Wear Kid Gloves (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Sep 24, 2006)
John McCain is a conservative but his stand on torture is a timely reminder that the free world cannot win the battle against medieval fanatics if it doesn’t remain true to its moral heritage and political freedoms
- In The City Of Joy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Kolkata has much to offer a traveller who is willing to wander through its streets.
- The Mush Quotient (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks to an American television channel that the Bush Administration threatened to bomb his nation into Stone Age in the wake of 9/11 should not surprise.
- India’S Perception Of Security & Trade (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 24, 2006)
India has said that enhancing cooperation with ASEAN countries in
- Cultural Diplomacy Needs A Big Thrust, Says Karan Singh (Tribune, Satish Misra, Sep 24, 2006)
Culture is the third instrument of foreign policy and it must be effectively used as a tool for projecting India’s image globally, says Indian Council for Cultural Relations President Dr Karan Singh. India is rich in arts, culture, music and dance.
- Crusader For Change (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Sep 24, 2006)
Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay award winner, on the RTI Act and his fight against corruption.
- Nuke Talks With Iran May Start Without Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
France, Britain and Germany would be willing to begin talks with Iran even if it has not suspended its nuclear enrichment program first, but Washington would not take part, a German magazine reported on Saturday.
- What Lies Beneath (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2006)
Those looking for a sentimental tale on the lives of the new shift-worker brigade will be disappointed.
- Moorish Mystique (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 24, 2006)
Being in Andalucia is like being inside an Arabian Nights tale.
- Ready To Convert? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 24, 2006)
India and China account for barely 2 per cent and 5 per cent of world GDP respectively, in current dollar terms. At current growth rates it will take half a century for them to find place amongst the world’s largest economies.
- Faith At The Heart Of The Pope Controversy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2006)
An ability and willingness to apologise graciously and appropriately is a virture no one has the right to disparage. So the disagreeable part of the Pope’s indiscretion is better relegated to a closed chapter.
- Apology For What? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
It's difficult in these jihadi times to be a scholar, address controversy. Civilisation is under stress
- Pm Differs With His Ministers On Infiltration (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, fresh from his meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf at Havana, is speaking in a voice totally different from his own Cabinet colleagues and chief ministers in the Congress Party.
- The Next Palestinian Struggle (News International, RAMZY BAROUD, Sep 24, 2006)
An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh were reported to have reached an agreement on . . .
- Who Says India Is Soft State? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Sep 24, 2006)
There is the call today for India to somehow project itself as a hard state. Such desire, one would assume, is expressed because strong willed and nationalist citizens are disturbed by what they view as the labelling of the country as a soft state.
- Anti-Blair Protest In Manchester On Eve Of Labour Party Meet (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 24, 2006)
Blair's policies leading the country to disaster: Galloway
- Musharraf For Direct Talks With Singh (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has called for a direct dialogue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle Kashmir and other bilateral issues.
- Papal Call For A New Crusade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI has given fresh impetus to post-9/11 Islamophobia by recalling a vision of Islam which was relevant in the 14th century
- Ramazan Rung In With A Bomb (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A bomb today killed 34 people in Baghdad’s Sadr City Shia slum as Iraq’s minority Sunnis began the fasting month of Ramazan, which US commanders said might see a rise in sectarian bloodshed.
- Barbs Of Truth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 24, 2006)
Kurt Vonnegut is like Mark Twain or Chekhov, extremely funny when depressed.
- Slash St On Petro-Goods (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 24, 2006)
Taxes and levies on petroleum products need to be rationalised and reduced, says a National Institute of Public Finance and Policy study. About time, too. The tax rates for downstream oil products like petrol, diesel and natural gas are an . . .
- President Musharraf And The Taliban (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said at the joint White House press conference with President George W Bush on Friday that his deal with a grand jirga in North Waziristan had been misrepresented in the press.
- Indians And Pakistanis Negative About Each Other (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Notwithstanding recent confidence building measures and the peace process between India and Pakistan, people from both countries continue to view each other “unfavourably”, said an international survey report.
- Bsnl Offers Lower Rates For Mtnl's Std Traffic (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Faced with stiff competition from private telecom operators, BSNL is considering to offer reduced rates for carrying long distance calls of MTNL, a move that would benefit both the public sector undertakings.
- Kargil Boosted Kashmir Cause: Opposing Us Would Be Disastrous, Says Musharraf In Book (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s yet-to-be-released book — In the Line of Fire — has painted a bleak picture for Pakistan had it not joined the United States in the war on terrorism and says that the 1999 Kargil standoff with India boosted the cause . . .
- Bush Praises Musharraf, Karzai Ahead Of Three-Way Meeting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Ahead of their tripartite meeting, US President George W Bush today hailed his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai as two "courageous leaders" working to defeat terrorism.
- Nothing To Support The Claim: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The US government is unable to confirm a French newspaper report that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is believed to have died last month in Pakistan, the US State Department said on Saturday.
- Angry (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Muslims are angry with the Jews. We are angry with the Christians. Pakistani Muslims are angry with Jews, Christians and Hindus. People of the Book -- Jews, Christians and Muslims -- are all at war while China and India stride ahead.
- Musharraf Unveils Strategy To Curb Extremism (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced a six-point strategy to curb extremism and said extremism paves the way for terrorism.
- Anchoring A Sinking Ship Don't Shoot The Mes (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 24, 2006)
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett unintentionally summarised the dilemma of the semi-educated, quasi-religious middle of the road Pakistani when he said 'the trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and . . .
- Bush Hails Musharraf, Karzai (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
US President George W Bush on Saturday praised presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan as “two courageous leaders” worthy of US help as they prepared for three-way talks next week.
- U.S. Detained Venezuela’S Foreign Minister: Chavez (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said his foreign minister was detained by U.S. authorities at a New York airport Saturday for more than hour as he tried to return to the South American country.
- Pakistan Denies Bin Laden’S Death Reports (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that would corroborate a French newspaper report on Saturday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, government official said.
- The Havana Puzzle (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Sep 24, 2006)
Even if the general delivers, can we hope for any sort of continuity in the post-Musharraf era?
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