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Articles 4821 through 4920 of 31829:
- Afghanistan: No Ray Of Hope (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 06, 2006)
The main groups of ... conspiratorial paramilitary organisations are fighting against the Afghan people from bases and strongholds in Pakistan and Iran...”
- Priming The Private Sector (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 06, 2006)
The Government seeks to combine public sector expertise in Defence R&D with proven private sector managerial skills.
- Fbi Hunts For Al-Qaeda Terrorist In Trinidad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is hunting for top al-Qaeda terrorist Adnan Gulshar Muhammad el Shukrijumah in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Where Blair Has Gone (Indian Express, Anita Inder Singh, Sep 06, 2006)
Thanks to Prime Minister Tony Blair, ill-equipped and overstretched British troops are involved, along with the American armed forces, in an illegal and unwinnable war in Iraq.
- Much Ado About Vande Mataram (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2006)
Roznama Rashtriya Sahara (September 5) carries, prominently displayed on its front page, the director of Dar-Ul-Uloom (Deoband) Maulana Marghoob ur Rahman breaking his silence on Vande Mataram.
- Transforming Working Of Corporate Sector (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 06, 2006)
The phenomenal growth of Corporate Sector - from 30,000 companies at work in 1956 to 7.26 lakh in March, 2006 - calls for prompt and efficient delivery of services by the Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) to enable the businesses compete globally.
- Right, Or... Left? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 06, 2006)
Expectations and elasticity shape oil prices. Low supply and demand elasticity can produce large price movements from small shifts in expectations. To support demand, the oil market is betting on gas-guzzling American consumers, and on India joining . . .
- Foreign Faculty Hiring Scheme (New Indian Express, Editorial, The News International, Sep 06, 2006)
The chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) recently said that the HEC's foreign faculty hiring programme had managed to create a dent in the brain drain that was taking place in Pakistan.
- Special For Whom? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 06, 2006)
The wide-ranging dissent that Special Economic Zones have generated of late has forced parties to sink their political differences to examine the socio-economic implications of promoting untrammelled capitalism in primarily agrarian societies.
- Pak, Pro-Taliban Tribals Sign No Hostility Pact (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Pakistan's Government and pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday signed an agreement to ensure "permanent peace" in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a move hoped to end five years of violent unrest in the region.
- Reliance Comm Launches Falcon Submarine Cable (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Reliance Communications Ltd, top-ranked CDMA-mobile services carrier, inaugurated an undersea cable on Tuesday aimed at providing cheaper bandwidth to retail and commercial users.
- Americans Not Eating Enough Fruits, Veggies (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The US Government recently bumped up its recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption, and a new study suggests it's very likely Americans aren't keeping up.
- A Litany Of Disasters (Pioneer, Irfan Husain, Sep 06, 2006)
If ever proof was required that military intelligence is a contradiction in terms, the Pakistan Government's handling of the Bugti killing should be sufficient
- Bugti's Death And Musharraf (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Sep 06, 2006)
True to his own prediction (an NDTV interview in April), the 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti met his end, tragically, at the hands of the Pakistani military, which had launched a fierce attack, complete with heavy weapons and helicopters . . .
- Accept N-Deal, Don’T Keep Bomb’ (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Hailing New Delhi’s track record as a non-proliferator, former US secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Tuesday expressed support to the civil Nuclear deal but indicated her disapproval to India’s possessing Nuclear weapon capability.
- Pm Urged To Identify 'Mole' Stalling Developmental Projects (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), a Gujarat-based NGO in the forefront of opposing Medha Patkar-led campaign against the Sardar Sarovar dam, has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to identify the "mole" allegedly planted by . . .
- Arab League, Time To Fold? (Deccan Herald, P R KUMARASWAMY, Sep 06, 2006)
Just days before the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701 in a rare public outburst, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, castrated the UN for it’s “foot-dragging and impotence” in failing to enforce a ceasefire in Lebanon.
- Train To Lhasa (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Sep 06, 2006)
China has adopted draconian security measures on the newly inaugurated Qinghai-Tibet railway, despite no cases of sabotage en route, says Claude Arpi.
- 60 Taliban Killed, Claims Nato (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Nato forces claimed killing 60 fighters in artillery and air strikes and ground battles on Tuesday in a major offensive to crush a revitalised Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
- Bush, Quoting Bin Laden, Warns Of Iraqi Caliphate (Reuters, Steve Holland, Sep 06, 2006)
In a speech laced with quotes from Osama bin Laden, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, al Qaeda wants to set up a violent, radical Islamic caliphate based in Iraq and vowed he would . . .
- Blow For Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court has dealt a blow for justice by shifting the trial of 14 accused in Srinagar's high-profile "sex scandal" to Chandigarh. This will come as a major relief to those who feel that they have been wrongly implicated.
- Bush Vows To Persist With Fighting Terror (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 06, 2006)
Asserting that the US will persist in tracking down terrorists and never bow down to tyrants, President George W Bush today released a document containing strategies that his Administration has been using since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Tory Leader’S Indian ‘Blogbuster’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
In a first of sorts, the visiting Conservative leader has started a blog to document his visit to India.
- Iraqi President Sees Uk Troops Gone By 2007 (Reuters, Alastair Macdonald, Sep 06, 2006)
Iraq's president forecast on Tuesday that British troops could go home by the end of next year but, on another day of killings, Britain's visiting foreign minister cautioned against leaving a "security vacuum".
- Shashi Tharoor Fears North-South Split (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
A candidate for the top job at the United Nations said that, if chosen, he would seek to heal divisions between wealthy and developing countries over reform of the world organisation.
- Pm Warns Of Possible Terrorist Attacks (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Sep 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that intelligence agencies had warned more terrorist attacks were likely, possibly on economic and religious targets as well as on nuclear installations.
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 06, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- Government Measures Inadequate: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Claims 150 persons have succumbed to Chikungunya
- How They Love To Stereotype Asians (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 06, 2006)
The Molly Campbell case is a family dispute that has sparked off a media frenzy simply because of the religion and ethnicity of those involved.
- Style, Substance, And Character (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2006)
When, in 1986, Andre Agassi burst on the tennis scene with pigeon-toed gait, peroxide blond hair, and clothes that glowed in the dark, hardened tennis writers were unanimous that this image-obsessed teenage rebel of Armenian-Iranian, Assyrian, and . . .
- The Forgotten Aam Aadmi (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 06, 2006)
When this government came to power the one thing I liked about its Common Minimum Programme was the promise of reforms with a ‘‘human face’’.
- Eyeless In Gaza (Times of India, GEORGE SOROS, Sep 06, 2006)
Israel's failure to subdue Hezbollah demonstrates the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept.
- Imf Is Still The Rich World's Viceroy (Hindu, George Monbiot, Sep 06, 2006)
What will be passed off as a democratisation is, in fact, a way of ensuring the poor global majority continues to have no say.
- A Souvenir, Not An Emblem (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Sep 06, 2006)
Vande Mataram, the `national song,' played a stirring, historic role in mobilising people in the freedom struggle.
- Changing Patterns (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 06, 2006)
Racial profiling, terror threats, nervous and culturally ignorant foreign airline crew/air marshals could lead to some significant changes in airline choices.
- Lesser Known Tales (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
A must read Partition memoir that focuses on women who bore the brunt of separation on both sides.
- A Business Made In Earth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2006)
Marriages are made in heaven but one comes down to earth very fast.
- Looking Back At Peyton Place (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, Sep 06, 2006)
“It instructs the readers to discover their authentic selves.” George Orwell
- Thinking The Unthinkable: A New Map For Middle East And Pakistan! (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
As Pakistan raises the decibel level in accusing India of supporting the Baloch insurgency, the idea of a “Free Balochistan” is beginning to gain ground, if only in the American academic circles
- Basadis Beckoning (Deccan Herald, Shashidhar, Sep 06, 2006)
A naive passerby with a little sense of beauty will never go without marvelling at this architectural grandeur situated on the main street of Moodabidri. And if you have a little penchant for aesthetics, then this Tribhuvana Tilaka Chudamani . . .
- A Legend Retires (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2006)
Andre Kirk Agassi has always been adept at turning the sports arena into a theatre.
- Disgraced Exit (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2006)
He should have resigned when the accusation was made.
- India’S N-Power Status ‘Troubles’ Albright (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright on Tuesday expressed support for the Indo-US civil nuclear energy cooperation deal despite being troubled by India’s de facto nuclear power status.
- In Touch With Time (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Sep 06, 2006)
Italy has an ambivalent relationship with modernity, which is to say with time. Whereas the United States is about constant reinvention, Italy is about preserving the threads that weave continuity's strange patterns...
- Start Adapting To Climate Change (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2006)
Almost all the discussion of climate change up to now has been about prevention, which, though important, is not enough. Climate change is going to happen, and we need to think more about adapting to it.
- No End To Terrorism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Sep 06, 2006)
At first it may seem surprising that extremists inspired by Pakistan had a hand in the London bombings of 7/7 last year and the recent attempts to blow up aeroplanes leaving British airports for the United States.
- Peace Caught In Arms Tug-Of-War (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 06, 2006)
The peace process in Nepal is stuck over “managing” the weapons of the two armies — the Nepal Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the Maoists — during the proposed Constituent Assembly elections.
- Tolerance Unlimited (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 06, 2006)
Legal luminary Fali S. Nariman was the chief guest at a seminar on secularism on a sultry Sunday at St. Columba’s School in New Delhi where I, too, was called upon to speak.
- Business Of Words (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Sep 06, 2006)
I google, you google, he googles, we all google. Or do we? Not if Google has its way.
- Too Late For Havana (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 06, 2006)
The announcement last week that Shiv Shankar Menon would become the next foreign secretary on October 1 was the right decision at the wrong time.
- Pak Should Shut Down Terror Camps: Paper (Tribune, Arun Kumar Jain, Sep 06, 2006)
Saying there were ‘‘dangerous international terrorists’’ hiding in Pakistan, the New York Times has suggested that among the ‘‘crucial things’’ that Islamabad could do was to ‘‘permanently shut down’’ Kashmiri terrorist groups based on its soil.
- Afghan Violence Kills 26, Canadian Soldier Dies In Us Air Raid (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Taliban commander dismisses NATO casualty report, warns journalists against misreporting
- ‘Afghan Govt Not Behind Balochistan Situation’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Foreign Office spokeswoman said on Monday the government of Afghanistan was not involved in deteriorating the situation in Balochistan, however, territory of Afghanistan was being used against Pakistan.
- Taliban Adopting New Tactics: Commander (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
A top Taliban military commander has claimed that his fighters had acquired better weapons and adopted new tactics to inflict greater losses on US, Nato and Afghan National Army forces in Afghanistan.
- Nepal Govt To Review Secret Arms Purchase (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 05, 2006)
A $1.4 million arms deal that King Gyanendra’s regime struck with an Israeli group to fight “terrorism’’ will now be reviewed by the government in Nepal, Home Minister K P Sitaula said on Monday.
- When Napoleon Won At Waterloo (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Napoleon won the battle of Waterloo. The German Wehrmacht won World War II. The United States won in Vietnam, and the Soviets in Afghanistan. The Zealots won against the Romans, and Ehud Olmert won the Second Lebanon War.
- The Great American Oligarchy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
I never thought I'd ever hear the United States of America called an "oligarchy”. But now I have. My dictionary says an oligarchy is a form of government where most or all political power effectively rests with a small segment of the society.
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday said the government stands for the rights of Balochistan and its people, and did not rule out possibility of foreign hand in creating law and order problems in certain areas of the province.
- Shift In Us Public Opinion (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 05, 2006)
America has returned to 1968. On August 31, a vital deadline at the very top of George Bush’s agenda passed, and no one died at the deadline. Instead, the intended victim was frisky to the point of being cocky.
- `We Must Make Education Priority No 1' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 05, 2006)
The economy is in good shape, employment is being generated, but we don't have enough people with the required skills and educational background. — MR T. V. MOHANDAS PAI, MEMBER OF BOARD AND HR CHIEF, INFOSYS.
- In Defence Of National Autonomy (Pioneer, CP Bhambri, Sep 05, 2006)
India has surrendered its democratic right to regulate its economy by accepting the dictates of the new global economic regime, says CP Bhamhbri.
- No Compromise On State Writ: Musharraf (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 05, 2006)
President says ‘foreign hand’ might be fuelling insurgency
Shujaat-led team to start dialogue with nationalists
- A 21st Century Trend (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2006)
A recent survey in America estimates that close to half of all (46.9%) companies with more than 1,000 employees now scrutinise staffers’ e-mail and that another 28% say they intend to do so soon. Which means that 74.9% or three out of every four . . .
- How Many Of Us Are Liars? (The Financial Express, PUSHKAR, Sep 05, 2006)
Ram Gopal, a lower caste politician contesting the upcoming elections in Gopalpur, is educated and has several upper caste friends. While aware of the wrongs perpetrated by the upper castes against the lower castes, he does not entertain any . . .
- Petro Product Pricing: Accept The Reality (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Sep 05, 2006)
For how long can the interests of public shareholders be subordinated to political exigency?
- Pranab Lauds French Stand On Arms Supply (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
In a significant statement, defence minister Pranab Mukherjee has praised France for having taken "an independent position" all along on the supply of arms and weapon platforms to India.
- Floods Toll Rises In Indian Kashmir As Thousands Cut Off (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Floodwaters started receding after heavy monsoon rains claimed at least eight lives over the past three days in India’s part of Kashmir and cut off more than 200 villages inhabited by thousands of people, officials said Monday.
- America And The Oil Slick (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Sep 05, 2006)
If Iranian President Ahmadinejad is serious about opening a Euro-based oil bourse in Tehran to undermine the US dollar, now is the time to strike. Strategic experts believe that internationally, the mega strategic energy deals are slipping . . .
- Call From Karbala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 05, 2006)
The killing of three Indians, all Shia pilgrims from Hyderabad, by a posse of what are assumed to be Sunni terrorists, is a wake-up call in more ways than one.
- Supreme Court Issues Notice To Stephen Marandi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition seeking to disqualify independent MLA from Jharkhand Stephen Marandi.
- Australia's "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin Dies (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
- Lobbyists On Overdrive As Us Senate Reconvenes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Come Tuesday, and the race for getting the India-US civil nuclear cooperation deal through the Senate begins gathering urgency, with only a month left before Congress adjourns for the November mid-term elections.
- Authorities Struggle To Get Relief To Flood Victims (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Authorities in Orissa are struggling to get relief to hundreds of thousands of people who have been stranded after floods submerged their homes, officials said on Monday.
- Heart Experts Warn On Safety Of Drug-Coated Stents (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Drug-coated stents -- tiny, wire-mesh tubes used to prop open diseased arteries -- may increase the risk of potentially fatal blood clots, researchers said.
- India To Focus On Latin America, Africa (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Sep 05, 2006)
In his Independence Day speech this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said one of the thrust areas of India's foreign policy would be Latin America and Africa. This has been on the cards for quite some time and Singh's announcement could not have . . .
- Murder In Iraq (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Iraq is in the ridiculous situation where the Pentagon (headed by super-hawk Donald Rumsfeld) says the country is on the verge of a civil war but US President Bush says just the opposite.
- Hungry Planet: Food Crisis Looming (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2006)
As stocks run out and harvests fail, the world faces its worst food crisis for 30 years. New figures show that this year’s harvest will fail to produce enough to feed everyone on Earth, for the sixth time in the past seven years. Humanity has so far . . .
- Alienated Baloch (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 05, 2006)
During an interview with an enterprising Pakistani journalist in March 2006, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the most popular tribal leader of Balochistan, said: “Now our options are clear: resist and die, or die without resisting.
- The Nuclear Deterrent Interest Of Iran (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 05, 2006)
Historically speaking, among the more important international events in the 1950s was the First International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy held in Vienna in 1955.
- Victim As Villain (Times of India, HARSH MANDER, Sep 05, 2006)
A young woman, barely 20, who lost 14 members of her family in the Gujarat pogrom of 2002, has desolately spent the last five months in a prison ward in Nashik.
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