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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 31829:
- Lula’S Lesson For Left Cousins (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Sep 14, 2006)
The CPM may learn a thing or two about elections from Luiz Inacio Lula’s Workers’ Party, the largest Left force in Latin America.
- Corporation Labourer’S Son, Was Trying To Go To Us For Studies (Indian Express, Divya Sama, Sep 14, 2006)
“Don’t be afraid, I will get much more than what you have spent on my studies. A job in the US as a software engineer isn’t far away. You don’t have to be insecure for our family’s future.” Rahul Kamble can almost hear . . .
- Us Will Honour Nuclear Deal With India: Envoy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
Amid speculation about a delay in a vote on the India-US civil nuclear cooperation legislation, US ambassador David Mulford on Wednesday expressed hope that the Senate would not only vote on the deal this month but clear it with "a large majority."
- Pak Spin On Taliban Deal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
The Pakistan army can still carry out surgical strikes whenever it sees militant activity in North Waziristan, a senior official said tioday after a pact signed last week to end fighting with pro-Taliban tribesmen.
- Us, India Differ On Pace Of Reforms (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
The USA today felt there was a “pause” in India’s economic reform process and that this loss of momentum could throw up serious economic costs, but New Delhi insisted that reforms were continuing steadily.
- New Iran-Eu Nuclear Talks Set For Tomorrow: Solana (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will hold new talks on Thursday with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, Solana's spokeswoman said.
- U.S. Envoy Sees Senate Approving India Nuclear Bill (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Sep 14, 2006)
A controversial India-U.S. nuclear cooperation deal is expected to be approved by a big majority in the Senate, which is likely to vote on it this month, Washington's envoy to New Delhi said on Wednesday.
- Caste Stranglehold (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
IF India has not been able to do away with a practice that is admittedly `a blot on humanity', it is because the issue goes beyond poverty, indifference, lack of awareness, or a reluctance to switch from traditional practices.
- Aec Chief: If Reprocessing Barred, India To Reject Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
The chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar, said here on Wednesday that the country’s civilian nuclear programme would continue irrespective of the outcome of a bill pending before the US Congress.
- Out In The Open (Frontline, S. Dorairaj , Sep 14, 2006)
Tamil Nadu has miles to go before eliminating manual scavenging.
- Memory And Mimesis (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Sep 13, 2006)
Five years after 9/11, Hollywood that psychic barometer of America, and some would say of the Anglophone world has come up with two movies based on the traumatic event. The first to be released is United 93, currently showing in India.
- Indian Ideas Are Pirated Abroad (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 13, 2006)
Do the so-called developed countries think intellect is a 20th century phenomenon that they can stamp intellectual property rights on certain things while conveniently ignoring others? Take turmeric for example.
- India, Pak May Resume Foreign Secy-Level Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
India and Pakistan may resume foreign secretary-level talks after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on the margins of the NAM summit, later this week.
- China Resents Noble Nomination (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
China today strongly questioned the intentions of those who nominated “secessionist” Ms Rebiya Kadeer for the coveted Nobel Peace Prize after a court in the Communist nation sentenced her for leaking state secrets and endangering national security.
- We Need The Best For The Brightest (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Sep 13, 2006)
An inverse snobbery is afoot. We are lectured every other day:
- They’Ve Taken The ‘Bomb’ Out Of Bombay (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 13, 2006)
Yesterday, newspapers in Mumbai carried four lead reports.
- 'Arnie's Comp May Have Been Hacked' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
California police are probing if computer hackers illegally downloaded a private taped conversation of governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from state computers, a spokesman said.
- A Town Called Malegaon (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Sep 13, 2006)
Mumbai and Malegaon may be 300 kilometres apart, but in many ways the two urban entities — the prosperous megapolis, on the one hand, and the straggly, impoverished town, on the other — share a common destiny.
- Lucky Escape (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2006)
IT has been an extremely lucky escape for Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, his two ministers, Pratap Singh Bajwa and Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, and other staff members.
- Keeping Your Word (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 13, 2006)
If the present government is trying to get back at the previous one and discredit disinvestment per se, then that is truly tragic.
- Attack On U.S. Embassy In Damascus Foiled (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 13, 2006)
A terror attack on the United States embassy in Damascus was foiled and three of the assailants were killed and one captured. A security man was also killed.
- "Good Ties With U.S. Not At The Cost Of Others" (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 13, 2006)
Improved relations with all nations vital for development, says Manmohan .
- Al-Qaeda Offshoot Claims Responsibility (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
The group Jund al-Sham, Arabic for Soldiers of Syria, has claimed responsibility or been blamed for for a number of bombings and gunbattles, mainly in Lebanon and Syria.
- Directionless At Dehradun (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2006)
THE meeting of the national executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party ended in Dehradun as tamely as it began.
- Lessons From Lebanon (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Sep 13, 2006)
Is it a coincidence that Israeli operations Summer Rain in Gaza and Change of Direction in Lebanon were triggered off in June and July by the Sunni Hamas and the Shia Hezbollah through killing and abduction of Israeli soldiers?
- 4 Killed As Militants Storm Us Embassy In Syria (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Gunmen launched a brazen daylight assault on the US Embassy in Damascus today, using grenades, automatic weapons and an explosives-laden van in a foiled “terror“ attack that left four people dead.
- The End Of The 'End Of History' (News International, Jean Bricmont, Sep 13, 2006)
All was going well. Whenever one wished, one could, in all impunity, "bomb Saddam Hussein" (that is, the Iraqi population).
- France Remains Divided Over Immigration (Deccan Herald, KATRIN BENNHOLD, Sep 13, 2006)
France has stepped up expulsion of illegals, despite being considerate towards immigrant children at school.
- Rally Stampede In Yemen Kills More Than 50 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
At least 50 people were killed and 100 hurt in a stampede today at a stadium in southern Yemen during an election rally by President Mr Ali Abdullah Saleh, a week ahead of polls already marred by violence.
- Iran Assures Iraq Help In Firming Up Security (Indian Express, ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Sep 13, 2006)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made his first official visit to Iran on Tuesday since taking office and planned to ask Tehran to prevent al-Qaeda members believed in Iran from crossing into Iraq to carry out attacks, an Iraqi official said.
- Ornithologists Trill To New Bird Song (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Delighting ornithologists a new species of babblers is tweeting in the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh.
- West Responsible For Extremism: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has blamed the West for breeding terrorism in his country by bringing in thousands of mujahideen to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan and then leaving Pakistan alone a decade later to face the armed warriors.
- Tony Blair’S Exit Strategy (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 13, 2006)
Israel and the occupied territories must have seemed like a haven of tranquillity to Tony Blair when he flew there following an extraordinary week in British politics.
- Women’S Bill Fiasco (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 13, 2006)
FAR from having the women’s rights bill passed and adding a feather to its cap, the government seems to have created an utter mess as much for itself as for the original and basically sound idea of amendments to the Hudood ordinances.
- Iranian Daily Savages ‘Pro-Us’ Khatami (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Calls his views contradictory to Khomeini’s
- Maximising Potential Of Car Exports (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
According to a report, the Government was considering a proposal to renegotiate existing agreements with foreign partners to permit export of cars and tractors from Pakistan.
- The U.S. And Its Fading Alliance In East Asia (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 13, 2006)
United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has told successive annual sessions of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that night-time satellite imagery shows North Korea in near-total darkness and its southern ethnic neighbour in bright light.
- Udupi Gearing Up To Celebrate Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Krishna Janmashtami is on September 14 and Vittal Pindi on September 15
Devotees offer water to the deity through a conch and `Bilva' leaves
Clay idol of Lord Krishna is worshipped and carried in a procession
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Faces New Hurdles (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W Bush's vaunted nuclear cooperation deal with India is facing new difficulties, which may prevent it taking effect this year, US officials and experts said on Tuesday.
- Wounds That Have Yet To Heal (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 13, 2006)
The judgment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts should not obscure the absence of closure on the 1992-93 communal riots.
- Backing Away From The Badlands? (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 13, 2006)
The Pakistan Government has signed a deal with the tribals of North Waziristan that can be seen as a retreat.
- In Latin America, Dragon Flies High (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 13, 2006)
As Dr Manmohan Singh completes his visit to Brazil, the first bilateral visit to Latin America by an Indian PM in 38 years, he would find China miles ahead in cultivating this important part of the world.
- An Emerging Economic Order (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Sep 13, 2006)
India, Brazil and South Africa Association meet
The coming together in Brasilia of the three key economies of Asia, South America and Africa signals the first step towards looking at sustainable and inclusive model of globalisation. A great leap . . .
- Focus On Traits That Promote Happiness (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Sep 13, 2006)
It’s a conceptual U turn of epic proportions.
- Brazil, India Agree To Share Energy Technology (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
The leaders of Brazil and India -- two of the world's leading emerging markets -- agreed on Tuesday to share technology for deep-water oil exploration and developing alternative energy sources.
- Mr. Bush's Delusional World (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2006)
With public opinion polls showing that the Republican Party is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate in November 2006, President George W. Bush is trying desperately to make terrorism the central theme . . .
- Al-Qaeda Offshoot Blamed For Syria Attack (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Armed Islamic militants attempted to storm the US Embassy in a brazen attack on Tuesday, the Government said. Four people were killed, including three of the assailants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but an al-Qaeda offshoot . . .
- Pakistan's New Deal (News International, Nasim Zehra, Sep 13, 2006)
Pakistan's September 5 deal with the tribesmen in North Waziristan has followed an elaborate rethinking within Pakistan on how to proceed in that area.
- Who's Hu In South Asia (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2006)
There has been a flurry recently of diplomatic activity in South Asia. On Sunday Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Havana where he is expected to meet President Musharraf on the sidelines.
- Musharraf In Kabul (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2006)
Pashtunistan, Balochistan being ravaged by war An air of unreality and contradiction, even dark humour, marked General Musharraf’s summit meeting with Mr Hamid Karzai in Kabul. “Let me say neither the Government of Pakistan nor ISI is involved . . .
- Optimize The Production Process (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 13, 2006)
An improved understanding of the physics of confined plasmas is leading to improved parameters for optimized operation of fusion power plants.
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Faces New Hurdles (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's vaunted nuclear cooperation deal with India is facing new difficulties which may prevent it taking effect this year, U.S. officials and experts said on Tuesday.
- Iraq's Maliki In Iran To Ask It Not To Interfere (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki today began his first official visit to Iran and was expected to bring a message that Tehran should not interfere in Iraqi affairs.
- Forgotten In Peace (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Sep 13, 2006)
Government has recently announced its intention to form the sixth pay commission following which it is reported that the chairman chiefs of staff committee has requested the government to include a serviceman as a member.
- Bashing Pakistan (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Sep 13, 2006)
It seems no matter what we do as a country in the context of the war on terror, we will continue to be the West's whipping boy -- especially the US media. Given the close links with this media and the US Administration -- the two together having . . .
- Pioneer In Rural Development (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Sep 13, 2006)
S K DEV (1905 – 1989) was a rare blend of a philosopher and practitioner who played an important role in the nation-building process for more than four decades after Independence.
- Lebanon's Predicament (News International, M B NAQVI, Sep 13, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Us Safety Hinges On Iraq Outcome: Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush on Monday said the United States was engaged in “a struggle for civilisation” and stressed that the safety of America “depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad.”
- Afghan Morass (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The internal situation in Afghanistan and the geopolitics that envelop it have taken a turn for the worse in the last few months.
- Terror For Us, Ain’T So For India (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Sep 12, 2006)
A report released by a leading American think tank on South Asia, released late last week, has raised disturbing questions about the credibility of the Bush Administration’s post 9/11 resolve of leading an uncompromising global war on terrorism.
- Coca-Cola Fizz In Kabul, Karzai On A High (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The sniper perched on the gleaming Coca-Cola factory's roof, peering through his gun sight over Kabul's bullet-pocked suburbs, searching for any hint of a terrorist threat.
- India To Join Brazil’S Ethanol Initiative (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 12, 2006)
India is mindful of the old adage “Never keep all your eggs in one basket” when it comes to the field of energy security. This Indian strategy will come under deep focus when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with the Brazilian leadership . . .
- 'Osama And Bush Have Made This A Very Dangerous World' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
About the time New Yorkers were observing a moment of silence Monday to mourn the deaths at the World Trade Center five years ago, air traffic controllers were in a tizzy diverting a flight after finding an unclaimed hand-held computer on . . . .
- Einstein’S Theory Of Satyagraha (Indian Express, B.R. NANDA, Sep 12, 2006)
was a momentous date in the life of Gandhiji — and in human history. It was on this day, while engaged in an unequal struggle against racial discrimination in South Africa, he discovered or rather stumbled upon an alternative to armed resistance . . .
- In This Tech-Driven World, We Can’T Be Asleep At The Wheel (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Sep 12, 2006)
The cost of squandering resources on populist schemes will be paid not just in missed advantages but also in the resulting social unrest. First in a three-part series.
- Lucky Sperm Club (Times of India, Lalit Mohan, Sep 12, 2006)
With her election as NCP's Rajya Sabha MP, Supriya Sule has become the latest entrant to what Warren Buffet calls the 'Lucky Sperm Club'.
- Freud At 150 (Times of India, ASHIS NANDY, Sep 12, 2006)
This summer the global academe has celebrated, with much flourish, the 150th birth anniversary of Sigmund Freud, one of the four eponymous individuals who have defined the dominant world image in our times the others being Darwin, Marx and Einstein.
- Game Is Up For U.S. Hegemony (Hindu, Peter Preston, Sep 12, 2006)
American business chiefs are so greedy because globalisation means that the game is up for them.
- Say Hello To Professional Tourists (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
As India’s growth story gains ground, there’s a new buzzword doing the rounds—professional tourism. Visitors from abroad are coming in not just to explore the country, but also to take up short-term assignments while they are at it.
- 92 Taliban Killed In Kandahar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Nato airstrikes and artillery have killed a further 92 suspected Taliban fighters, the alliance reported today, pushing its toll of militant dead in a 10-day offensive past 500.
- The Day After (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 12, 2006)
The world has had its fill of September 11 memorials. We have ourselves reflected on the meaning of September 11 in 'Calendar of Terror', an editorial published yesterday in these columns.
- U.S. Understands Pain Caused By Terror In India: Mulford (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Countries expanding anti-terror cooperation, says Ambassador
- ‘Varied’ About Pronunciation (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Sep 12, 2006)
The common Indian practice of wrongly pronouncing words can be dangerous!
- Manmohan Writes To States On Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Chief Ministers told to fix targets for new 15-point programme
New programme to ensure equitable flow of benefits to minorities
They will get fair share in Central, State Government employment
Committee of Secretaries submit report.
- Solar Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2006)
Vestiges of the Cold War in United States policy towards India are evident from the manner in which American lawmakers have been shifting the so-called goal posts of the July 18 2005 agreement with US President George Bush.
- 92 Taliban Militants Killed: Nato (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Nato air strikes and artillery have killed a further 92 suspected Taliban fighters, the alliance reported on Monday, pushing its toll of militants in a 10-day offensive past 500.
- Qarra For Another Amnesty To St Defaulters (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Sep 12, 2006)
Minister of Finance, Tariq Hameed Qarra, today revealed that the coalition Government was going to grant yet another amnesty scheme for recovery of Sales Tax (ST) arrears from big business houses.
- India -Desperate Need For Energy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 12, 2006)
Just imagine that Nature took two hundred million years for the conventional fossil fuels like coal and oil to form, but this little ambitious nature of man took just two hundred years from 1850 AD to consume such natural resources to a point . . .
- Conspiracies: “Ideology Of The Impotent” (Tribune, Johann Hari, Sep 12, 2006)
We are living in a Golden Age of conspiracy theories. Some 36 per cent of American citizens — more than the number who voted for either Kerry or Bush — believe it is “likely” or “very likely” the US government staged the attack on the World Trade . . .
- British Fighters To Conduct Combat Manoeuvres From Indian Bases (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Sep 12, 2006)
For the first time since Independence, British fighter aircraft will operate from Indian airbases for undertaking combat manoeuvres, when the joint air exercise with the Royal Air Force (RAF) commences next month.
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