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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 31829:
- 3 Indian Pilgrims Buried In Karbala (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 04, 2006)
The three Indians who were shot dead by gunmen at close range in Iraq were buried in Karbala on Saturday.
- Pollution, Aerosols, And The Climate (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Sep 04, 2006)
Aerosols in the atmosphere are not invariably a bad thing. But those released by pollution may alter the climate adversely.
- In Search Of Balance And Fairness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2006)
The comment in a recent column that critics outnumber admirers in the messages I get has been revalidated by the experience since these words appeared in print.
- Scores Die In Afghan Fighting (Reuters, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Sep 03, 2006)
A major NATO offensive killed more than 200 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan and four NATO soldiers died in Sunday's fighting, the organization said.
- Militants, Govt Sign Truce In N Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2006)
Taliban militants encouraged by tribal elders signed an agreement with the Pakistan government on Saturday to ensure “permanent peace” in this volatile north-western tribal region near the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.
- Son Demands Dna Test (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
A son and other close relatives of Nawab Akbar Bugti on Friday doubted the coffin buried in a Dera Bugti graveyard carried the body of the late Nawab and slammed the government for not handing the body over to them for the final rites.
- Bugti Buried — Quickly, Quietly (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, one of the most powerful chieftains of Balochistan, was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Dera Bugti on Friday amid extraordinary security and the conspicuous absence of any immediate relatives, including his sons.
- Us Military Confronts Shiite Militia In Iraq (News International, Peter Symonds, Sep 02, 2006)
Two days of fierce fighting in the Iraqi city of Diwaniyah is one more sign that the US military is preparing for a bloody showdown with the militia forces of Shiite cleric Moqtada . . .
- Bush Talks Of Decisive Ideological Struggle (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2006)
The UN deadline for Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment programme has ended and speculations are rife about what would follow. Three veto-wielding powers – China, Russian Federation and France see a ray of hope in the Iranian response to the . . .
- Conquering The World (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 02, 2006)
Scenes of prayer in the Kaaba, and of course of the Hajj in Makkah, witnessed over television are an inspiring sight.
- Good Governance (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
The remarks made by Dr Ishrat Husain, chairman of an official commission on government reforms, in a speech made at the recent launch of the Human Development in South Asia (2005) Report that a qualitative change in governance would help solve . . .
- Living With Floods And Drought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
Just a month or so there was a lot of debate in Pakistan on the issue of water conservation and storage. And now the situation has changed so much that there is now too much water. Torrential rains and heavy flooding have not stopped yet and some . . .
- Brit-Pak Muslims Bash Bollywood (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 02, 2006)
Bollywood may wear its multi-religious pluralism as a badge of honour, but for the angry young British Muslims of Pakistani denomination, it’s all a sham and therefore a matter of extreme discomfort.
- Tackling Terrorism (Tribune, Prakash Singh, Sep 02, 2006)
Let those who want to hurt us by inflicting a thousand cuts remember - no one can break our will or unity. No one can make India kneel.”
- Military Option Against Iran Open, Says Usa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Raising the pitch of its rhetoric against Iran, the Bush Administration has said while the military option against Tehran stayed open, the USA could also pursue economic sanctions beyond what the UN Security Council may determine.
- Us Defence Firms Grow Bullish On India (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
After decades on the sidelines, U.S. defense contractors are eyeing India’s growing military budget and aging arsenal as a multibillion-dollar opportunity that could help offset a projected slowdown in Pentagon weapons spending and extend . . .
- Conform Or Fly Jihad Air (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 02, 2006)
By lodging a protest with the Dutch Government over what happened on flight NW 0042 on August 23, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has made Indians of all genres possible suspects and therefore unwanted in the future.
- Care Delayed Is Care Denied (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
Nirmal Sandhu visits Patiala’s Rajindra Hospital, where animals stray into the emergency ward and a shortage of space, staff and equipment can result in fatal delays in treatment.
- Reap What You Sow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2006)
Prem Kumar, son of my Dahi Bhalla friend, the late Kishen Lall, founder-proprietor of Hotel Rajdoot, is a very fat man.
- Response To Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 02, 2006)
It will be wrong to find fault with the judiciary in Pakistan for having set Jamaatud Dawa (Pakistan) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed at liberty. Like elsewhere the judges in Pakistan also tend to go by the credibility of the material produced before . . .
- Voyage Of Sugarcane (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Sep 02, 2006)
In the early days, India was believed to be the country where sugarcane originated, as the oldest reports of extraction of sugar were found there.
- ‘‘Chalta Hai’’ Security (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Sep 02, 2006)
There are almost daily revelations that India's security apparatus has been penetrated at several different levels by US and Pakistani agents. Two ISI agents arrested in West Bengal in connection with the Mumbai blasts have disclosed that there are . . .
- Bush Warns Iran On N-Programme (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
President Bush said on Thursday that Iran has responded with defiance and delay to demands to stop enriching uranium and said "there must be consequences" for Tehran.
- Ustad Bismillah Khan (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 02, 2006)
A little bit of each one of us died the day Ustad Bismillah Khan breathed his last in mid-August.
- Humane Frisking (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Sep 02, 2006)
India has shown the way by not availing the easy option of profiling air travellers based on stereotypes. The Advance Passenger Information System, now installed in New Delhi, could, if implemented efficiently, offer passengers and security . . .
- Military Option Is Open, Us Warns Iran (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The United States has warned Iran that military option "is not off the table" as it mulls a multi-pronged strategy to prevent Tehran from going nuclear.
- Manmohan & Nam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Will the PM be able to define an Indian position?
The last job Dr Manmohan Singh held in his career as an Indian bureaucrat was to head the Geneva-headquartered “South-South” Commission conceived by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.
- The Cruel Grind (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Where there is a will there is a way. So goes the age-old saying.
- Nam Action Plan To Change World Order (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
The 14th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit of 116 nations to meet in Havana this month will defend an action plan to guide its determination to transform the present world order.
- Stocking The Arsenal (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
More than ‘procedure’ needed
It is easy to understand Pranab Mukherjee’s sense of relief and satisfaction at finalising a revised Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP).
- Iran N-Plan: Eu Cautious, Russia 'No' To Sanctions, Us Seethes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The European Union said on Friday that it was too early to impose sanctions on Iran for its failure to halt uranium enrichment by a UN-imposed deadline even as Russia said such a move on Tehran for not ending sensitive atomic work was a dead end.
- Not A Day Too Soon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
There is no doubt that mounting public anger against the manner in which the perpetrators of the gruesome death of Professor Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal were let off, forced Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan to transfer . . .
- Forbes Lists Nooyi As More Powerful Than Sonia (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Chief executive-designate of Pepsico Indra Nooyi and ICICI bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Military Option Against Iran Open: U.S. (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 02, 2006)
Raising the pitch of its rhetoric against Iran, the Bush administration has said while the military option against Tehran stayed open, the United States could also pursue economic sanctions beyond what the UN Security Council may determine.
- Un Abstains From Quick Action Over Defiant Iran (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The Security Council held off on Thursday on taking punitive action against Iran over its failure to freeze uranium enrichment as diplomats awaited the outcome of nuclear talks between European and Iranian officials next week.
- China Media Censors "Blacklist" Tibetan Princess (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
China is censoring media reports about the daughter of Tibet's 10th Panchen Lama, industry sources said, apparently worried that her popularity would eclipse that of her father's disputed successor.
- Right Decision (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By deciding to bring in Mr Shiv Shankar Menon, at present India's High Commissioner to Pakistan, as the new Foreign Secretary, the Government has taken a right step.
- Sangh Parivar Patriarch Takes Rss, Bjp To Task (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In yet another indication that all is not well with the BJP, or, for that matter, its paterfamilias, the RSS, leading social worker and former Rajya Sabha member Nanaji Deshmukh has criticised the two organisations for straying from their path.
- Why Alienate If You Can Garner Support (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By promoting racial profiling, Governments are planting seeds of more terrorist modules. They are only alienating a whole mass of people who would only be glad to participate in the war against terrorism
- Mumbai's Shanghai Dreams May Remain Just That (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Mumbai has to bear with its infrastructure woes for some more time. The Vilasrao Deshmukh government, which never gets tired of trumpeting its Shanghai dreams for Mumbai, admitted on Friday that the Centre is unlikely to sanction a majority of . . .
- Bush-Bashing Teen Can Keep Shirt On (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Zachary Guiles knew he was being provocative when he showed up for school two years ago in a T-shirt that accused George Bush of being a war-mongering draft-dodger, a drunkard and a drug addict.
- These Appalling Disparities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2006)
Some observations made by speakers at the launch of the South Asian Human Development Report, 2005, are most pertinent to the conditions prevailing in Pakistan.
- Unilateral Us Sanctions On Iran? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 02, 2006)
The passing of the August 31 deadline for Iran to comply with the Security Council resolution calling upon it to end its programme of uranium enrichment has obliged the US to decide on its future strategy vis-a-vis Tehran.
- Government Is Besieged With Popular Disbelief (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 02, 2006)
The government has made a mess of politics and probity in the case of the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. It took Mr Bugti’s body to Dera Bugti and buried it rather than hand it over to the family or show it to anyone except two dubious persons — . . .
- Artist Ahmed Saeed Nagi Passes Away (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Ahmed Saeed Nagi, known as the official artist of the freedom movement, passed away on Friday night in the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi. He was 90. He is survived by three sons and a daughter.
- Last Glimpse Not Allowed •Family Members Stay Away •Dco Shows Bugti’S Watch, Glasses (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Sep 02, 2006)
A shroud of mystery enveloped the manner in which the Dera Bugti administration on Friday allowed only a small number of mourners to quickly bury a wooden, padlocked coffin said to contain the body of Nawab Akbar Bugti in the ancestral town of . . .
- War Tactics For The Markets (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 02, 2006)
Daryl Guppy offers The 36 Strategies of the Chinese for Financial Traders to help overcome your two biggest enemies in the markets. Vijay Singal provides tips on `stock market anomalies and low-risk investing' in Beyond the Random Walk.
- Technical Difficulties Thwarting Iran’S N-Ambitions: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Iran appears to be encountering technical difficulties with its uranium enrichment but this does not diminish the fact that it has nuclear ambitions and is acting on them, US officials and experts said on Thursday.
- Slowing U.S. Economy Threat To Developing World (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 02, 2006)
Developing countries could suffer greatly from a slowing United States economy, particularly if other developed countries such as Japan and Germany did not take action to stimulate domestic demand in their economies and reduce the huge global . . .
- Trade Rules Must Not Curb Developing Countries: Unctad (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 02, 2006)
Multilateral effort to redress global imbalances advocated
- The `War On Terror' And West Asia Circa 2007 (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Sep 02, 2006)
The U.S. approach has been uniformly unsuccessful and raises questions about its major and minor premises, the efficacy of its methodology, and, in the final analysis, of its intent.
- Daggers Drawn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
In a way, coalitions are marriages of convenience, which remain stable only until such time as all parties are committed to keep them going. Jammu and Kashmir is no exception.
- Iranian Rejection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2006)
The Iranian refusal to abide by UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution number 1696 has complicated the crisis that has arisen out of Teheran’s nuclear ambitions. The resolution wanted Iran to suspend uranium enrichment . . .
- Four Terrorists Among Eight Killed In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Four terrorists, including three Pakistan nationals, and three security personnel were among eight people killed in Jammu and Kashmir since Wednesday evening, an official spokesman said on Thursday.
- ‘Indians Are Fastest Growing Asian Community In America’ (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 02, 2006)
Indian-Americans are the fastest growing Asian community in the US in the last five years, according to the US Census bureau, says consulting and communications agency Kang & Lee.
- A City Named Desire (Indian Express, ARITRO GANGULY, Sep 02, 2006)
New Orleans always had music in its air. The Mississippi delta region’s musical revolution or the Blues upsurge, found its centre stage in New Orleans, with the harmonious confluence of complex rhythms, inspirational lyrics, new piano-styling and of . . .
- Some Progress, Some Stagnation (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 02, 2006)
From the preliminary data of the third National Family Health Survey emerges a mixed picture.
- Islam In China: No Longer Insulated (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 02, 2006)
Greater orthodoxy amongst Chinese Muslims is on the rise. Nonetheless, they retain unique characteristics.
- Iaea Indicts Iran, Bush Threatens Consequences (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
As the UN deadline expired for Iran, the US ambassador to the United Nations said unanimity among the Security Council was not needed to take action against Tehran.
- Iit Funda (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
Are you from IIT? That was the question put to me by a colleague from a Missouri ‘cow town’.
- Cheque Mate (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
There's another mess in disinvestment. And it could be the biggest yet. The UPA’s decision to revalue Balco’s 49 per cent equity that Sterlite bought in 2004 — the first, controlling stake of 51 per cent was bought in 2001 . . .
- Seniority Could Be The Key To Natwar Successor (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 01, 2006)
By appointing Shiv Shankar Menon as the country’s new foreign secretary today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose ‘competence’ over ‘seniority’; but the same principle is unlikely to be applied when filling in the vacant slot of External Affairs . . .
- Believe In Yourself (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 01, 2006)
What we all need is a basis in life that will bring us courage, resourcefulness and a feeling of sacrifice for others.
- China’S ‘Look West’ (Tribune, Don Lee , Sep 01, 2006)
Kashgar, China – Not too long ago, Kashgar was a sleepy town with mud houses, largely unchanged since Marco Polo trekked through in the 13th century. Marco Polo is said to have found Kashgar an oasis when he arrived here in 1275 on his journey . . .
- This News Is Not For You (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Sep 01, 2006)
The New York Times carried, on August 28, a detailed story titled “Details Emerge in British Terror Case” for its readers—except those who live in Britain, the focus of the item. One of the top newspapers in the world took this unusual step to . . .
- Heathen Under Every Bed (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 01, 2006)
We have, seemingly, already arrived at that situation. The Western world, led by the United States of America, has chosen.
- More Nicotine In Marlboros (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The level of nicotine that smokers typically consume per cigarette has risen 10 per cent in the past six years, making it harder to quit and easier to be addicted, according to a report released by the Massachusetts Department of Health on Tuesday.
- Sonia, Nooyi Find Place In Forbes Most Powerful List (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Indian women seem to be on the move. PepsiCo's Chief Executive-designate Indra Nooyi is the fourth most powerful woman in the world while Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is at 13th position, according to Forbes Magazine.
- Big Country Small Vote (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2006)
The present IMF voting structure is skewed in favour of developed countries.
- In A Defensive Position (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 01, 2006)
A whole generation of Indians has grown up with the belief that all defence deals are crooked and those involved in working them out - both on the side of the government and industry - are complicit in this.
- Intelligence To Counter Terror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
The serial blasts in Mumbai that resulted in the death of nearly 200 train passengers has been ascribed to an intelligence failure.
- J&k Needs Balanced, Equitable Development (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2006)
The relevance of 'Development' as an instrument of change particularly to build on peace dividends is widely recognized.
- Sri Lankans Flee Horror For Poverty, Safety In India (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Sep 01, 2006)
Fisherman Chinnathambi Ravikumar was returning home from a fishing trip when a sea-battle broke out between the Sri Lankan navy and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Sonia, Nooyi Among 100 Most Powerful Women In The World (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Sep 01, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Chief Executive-designate of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank's Lalita Gupte and Kalpana Morparia, are on Forbes magazine's list of 100 most powerful women in the world.
- Shyam Saran Named As Special Envoy For U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
India named its outgoing foreign secretary on Thursday as special envoy for negotiations with the United States over a controversial civilian nuclear cooperation deal that is yet to be approved by the U.S. Congress.
- China Media Censors "Blacklist" Tibetan Princess (Reuters, Benjamin Kang Lim, Sep 01, 2006)
China is censoring media reports about the daughter of Tibet's 10th Panchen Lama, industry sources said, apparently worried that her popularity would eclipse that of her father's disputed successor.
- Keep Bad Guys Out (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 01, 2006)
Something is happening at a regular frequency these days that should bother us. More police parties from other states have started visiting our State in recent times than ever before.
- The Beginning Of The Beginning (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, Sep 01, 2006)
The astounding success of the public campaign to prevent the government from emasculating the Right to Information Act is an inspiration.
- Bugti’S Body ‘Found’ In Cave (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
Pakistani soldiers searching a cave in Kohlu in south-west Balochistan province have found the body of slain tribal leader Nawab Akhtar Bugti but expected to retrieve it in a day or two as it was pinned under a boulder.
- Ulfa Leader Chetia Not In Bangladesh, Says Bdr (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
After the hype over its demand for the deportation of ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia, the BSF has failed to extract a promise from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) for the top militant leader's arrest and extradition.
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