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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 31829:
- 'Us Will Lose Credibility If Withdraws From Iraq' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
United States President George W Bush has justified the continuance of US forces in trouble- torn Iraq arguing that a hasty withdrawal from there would result in Washington losing credibility and emboldening its enemies.
- Bush Defends War As Election Day Nears (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
President George W. Bush on Thursday was set to begin a renewed campaign to defend his Iraq war strategy ahead of fall elections and the fifth anniversary of the Sept.
- Healthy Societies May Not Be God Given (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 01, 2006)
Religious leaders belonging to different religions actually have one thing in common (besides of course their belief in God) and that is, they think atheists are a corrupting influence on society.
- New Defence Procurement Policy — Not Big Bang Enough (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 01, 2006)
Although the new Defence procurement policy is welcome, it could have done more.
- Shiv Shankar Menon Named Foreign Secy (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Sep 01, 2006)
Shyam Saran special envoy on Indo-US N-deal
- Iran Fails To Halt N-Work: Iaea (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
We will not yield to pressure, Nejad tells West
- Israel Quits Two Thirds Of Seized Lebanon Land (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Annan slams Israel use of cluster bombs
- What’S The Truth Behind The Heathrow Plot? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 01, 2006)
A report in The New York Times says that the “Heathrow plot” may have been overblown because there is no evidence that the suspects taken into custody on August 10 in the UK were preparing to strike aircraft over the Atlantic en route to America.
- Us Drive For Hegemony (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2006)
The Iranian nuclear issue could well prove to be a watershed in world politics. August 31 was the deadline set by the UN Security Council resolution 1696 for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment programme.
- Bugti: Role Of Elderly Politicians (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2006)
After the Kohlu incident of August 26, situation in some parts of Balochistan and Sindh has assumed serious dimension. Some elements are trying to disrupt the normal life by forcing shutter downs, wheel-jams, torching of public and private property . . .
- Restructuring Of The Un (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underlined the need for restructuring of the United Nations to make it responsive to international developments in accordance with its Charter.
- Iran Defies Unsc Deadline On Enrichment (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Iran defied a UN deadline on Thursday to stop enriching uranium, clearing the path for Security Council sanctions.
- A Sweet Sorrow (Deccan Herald, VARALOTTI RENGASAMY, Sep 01, 2006)
Some partings in life are unforgettable. But they build our confidence.
- Battles Within Before The Big Fight (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 01, 2006)
Just eight months before the French Presidential elections, the question of who will be the final candidate is still not clear: neither among the socialists nor among the conservatives.
- Selling English To The "Natives" (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 01, 2006)
Beware the hype over what is "new" in the latest dictionary at the neighbourhood bookshop.
- Pak Militants In Uk Are Biggest Threat’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 01, 2006)
UK-based Pakistani extremists pose a bigger threat to America than their counterparts in Iraq, Iraq or Afghanistan, according to US-based experts on Islamic extremism.
- Corporate Design (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The growing trend of corporate bigwigs entering Parliament has become a matter of serious discussion.
- Flying Beyond Discrimination (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 01, 2006)
Airline companies must evolve an inclusive, disability friendly, non-discriminatory policy.
- Terror In Twilight (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 01, 2006)
Is the Hizbul Mujahideen preparing to come to the negotiating table?
- Iran Won't Back Down: Ahmadinejad (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 01, 2006)
Declaration as deadline expires
- Urdu & Secularism (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 01, 2006)
A clutch of new books focus on the progressive nationalist tradition of Urdu poetry.
- Indians Who Disgrace India (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 01, 2006)
From swatting flies to crushing protesters under tanks, the Chinese Government holds a world record in disciplining people.
- No Hidden Devil In The Deal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
There's no question of binding ourselves to any agreement with the US that involves 'shifting of goalposts'; there's no need to be exercised beyond a point
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Opposes Fdi In Retail Trade (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
"But we want private investment in West Bengal"
- Importance Of Software Tools (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Sep 01, 2006)
On July 25, HP acquired Mercury Interactive for a whopping $4.5 billion. Note that HP is a $80 billion heavyweight and Mercury had revenues of just over $700 million in 2004; while HP has more than 50,000 employees, Mercury’s is just over 2,500.
- Political Brew (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
THE overt involvement of big business in politics, and even more so in governance, is a post-1990 phenomenon in Karnataka. Prior to this, business was viewed primarily as a source of funds to political parties and individuals, particularly during . . .
- Crying Wolf Over 'Terror' (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Drastic security curbs around Independence Day and the claim of Al Qaeda's arrival in India put a question mark over the country's `anti-terrorism' strategy.
- Living In The War Zone (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Instilling in the young qualities such as character and comradeship is one way to defeat the temporary triumph of terrorists.
- A Reverse For Terrorism? (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Sep 01, 2006)
This battle of wits can never end. But there is no reason why the fight should be given up, for that will strengthen the perpetrators of evil.
- Saran To Be Pm’S Envoy On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The Union government on Thursday appointed Mr Shiv Shankar Menon as the new foreign secretary. The 57-year-old officer of the 1972 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is currently India’s high commissioner to Islamabad.
- I'm British, But... (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Sep 01, 2006)
The book shows what attracts Muslims particularly those who live in Western societies, to a radical Islamic world-view.
- Make The Poor More Productive (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 01, 2006)
Subsistence employment with low wages will neither reduce poverty nor stimulate demand. Eventually, unemployment will retard both growth and social cohesion.
- Why Minimum Wage Is Low In India (The Economic Times, Alok Sheel, Sep 01, 2006)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) guarantees 100 days of employment at the rate of Rs 60 a day. According to the website of the Union ministry of labour, the minimum wage is pegged at Rs 66 per day.
- Domicile Norm For Rajya Sabha Mps? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2006)
The recent debate regarding the criterion for representation to Rajya Sabha, has raised two inter-related issues. Some would argue rightly that domicile criterion can assign authenticity to representation.
- Moral Science (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
Dazzling scientific discoveries are, alas, extremely rare. Instead, science commonly advances in a series of lesser breakthroughs that have a cumulative effect.
- Surplus Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
More does not necessarily make things merrier.
- Everything But The Big Picture (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
Summer holidays are drawing to an end. I missed most of this year’s unusually hot weather, when temperatures rivalled Calcutta’s, while travelling in India and the last two weeks of our holiday in Scotland have been rather grey and dull.
- London Given A Kashmir Label (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 31, 2006)
London, which is already called “Londonistan” in some circles, could also be disparagingly nicknamed “Kashmir on the Thames”, it was suggested by a writer who was given airtime on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme.
- Trouble In The Class (Telegraph, Ardhendu Chatterjee, Aug 31, 2006)
With uncertainty staring aspiring teachers of West Bengal in the face, this year’s Teachers’ Day celebrations will seem hollow for them.
- Clouds Over Iranian Pipeline (Daily Excelsior, Chandra Mohan, Aug 31, 2006)
Once again reports are floating that the 2600-km Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is very much on, recreating the dream of energy Nirvana in India. Paeans are being sung about it in Islamabad.
- 'Pm Has Addressed All Issues Raised On Indo-Us Deal' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has addressed all issues raised by the scientifc community with regard to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar said today.
- Meghalaya Soliloquy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
Leadership change a constant refrain
Meghalaya Congress legislators know which side their bread is buttered. On 16 June dissidents managed to oust chief minister DD Lapang and install JD Rymbai, but hardly a month later another group, this . . .
- Entente Cordiale (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
And the spectacle of sitting on the fence
It would be no exaggeration to suggest that Mamata Banerjee personifies the fickleness of Indian polity. And it is a measure of that fickleness that a coffee meeting between two politically amateurish . . .
- China, Pak To Launch 3 Earth Resources Satellites (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
China will work with Pakistan in the development of space technology and launching of three earth resources prospecting satellites in the next five years, APP learnt from official sources here Wednesday.
- Security Forces On Alert As Maoists Eye Valley (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 31, 2006)
Maoist menace is threatening to engulf the entire nation. Having succeeded in expanding their tentacles in 13 Indian states, the Maoists are now eyeing Jammu and Kashmir.
- Al Qaeda's Presence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
It seems just a coincidence that two important persons in different corners of the country have discussed on the same day Al Qaeda's possible links with Jammu and Kashmir.
- Kofi’S Eyewash Visit To Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 31, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visited southern Lebanon Tuesday to view the destruction inflicted by over month-long Israeli aggression. He has also called for the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which laid down . . . .
- Epic Of Humane Relationships (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 31, 2006)
Emblematic of the position that the Mahabharata accords to animals is an incident narrated in its Mahaprasthanika Parva or the Chapter of the Great Departure.
- Epidemic Of Terrorism (Pioneer, BK Verma, Aug 31, 2006)
In the article, "Sudden jihad syndrome" (August 14), Daniel Pipes has shared a few truths that we can ignore at our own peril. The sudden jihad syndrome turns the "normal appearing Muslims unpredictably violent". His oft-repeated call for special . . .
- Democracy Versus Diplomacy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Why could the nuclear deal mean a lame duck foreign policy? The question must pose a sobering thought for Manmohan Singh
- Thrall Of Terror (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Aug 31, 2006)
A diabolical plot to blow up the trans-Atlantic airliners thwarted just in time by M-15 in the UK earlier this month caused much fear and despair.
- Autumn Of Hinduism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
The other day, I was deeply disturbed to see on quite a few television-channels idols of some Hindu gods and goddesses drinking milk. Showing the clips repeatedly and allowing a number of eyewitnesses to appear on the screen and affirm genuineness . . .
- ‘Disappearances Rise With War On Terror’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Several hundred people in Pakistan have disappeared, apparently taken into detention in connection with the war on terrorism, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
- Reviving Economic Boycott (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
TO counter the onslaught of a giant gone berserk, the prospect of a revival of the Arab Boycott, however logical, is unrealistic, but equally so is reliance on an extraordinary but still very small guerilla group.
- Chavez Joins Host Assad To Denounce Us ‘Impe (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, hailed in Syria as a hero for Arabs, joined his host and fellow US arch-foe President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to denounce American “hegemony”.
- Handling Balochistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
No death in the world is a cause for celebration. Given the present geo-political and domestic circumstances, Nawab Akbar Bugti's reported demise is a moment of extreme concern for the nation.
- Need For A Healing Touch (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The JUI component of the MMA has been soft pedalling the opposition compared with the Jamaat-e-Islami and the ARD that have now come out in the open to launch a country wide movement against the president and his military-led government.
- Let: New Masters Of Al-Qaeda ? (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Aug 31, 2006)
The developments in the last 15 months, from London bomb blasts of July, 2005 to the last week's ‘Operation Overt’, the plan to blow up ten Trans Atlantic flights from Heathrow Airport, have two common factors. First, all the people involved in . . .
- Bad To Worse In Iraq (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2006)
The United States-led occupation forces have been fighting an insurgency that began a few months after they invaded Iraq in March 2003. Over the past six months or so, they have been running the risk of getting caught in the middle of a civil war between
- Recruitment Fraud: Dubai Officials To Launch Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Dubai Immigration officials have promised to launch an investigation into a company that allegedly supplied more than 50 visit visas to an Indian accused of being an illegal recruitment agent.
- U.S. Regulation Of Ge Foods A Bad Model (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Aug 31, 2006)
India should learn from the mistakes other countries have made and not buckle under pressure from international and domestic agribusiness.
- Violent, Not Gradual, Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2006)
Scientists fear that global warming will bring climatic turbulence, with changes coming in big jumps rather than gradually.
- Lebanon: Changing The Script (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 31, 2006)
At the end of the day, Hizbollah emerges as the symbol of resistance against the U.S.-Israeli unilateralism in West Asia.
- Japan: Imperial Baggage (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi touches a raw nerve by making another visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
- Cuba: Brief Break (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
Cuban President Fidel Castro, recovering from an illness, is expected to be back at work very soon.
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Imperfect Sympathy (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 31, 2006)
The ban on child labour in eateries and households may not become effective in the absence of adequate rehabilitation mechanisms.
- Starving Childhoods In Sheopur (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Hunger-related deaths among children continue to afflict the tribal population of Sheopur.
- At Russia’S Woodstock, The Times They Have A-Changed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Try free-associating the words “Russian” and “Woodstock” for a few seconds, and you’ll likely have a fair idea of the scene. Mud. Vodka. Pouring rain. Grumpy police. Imperfect to nonexistent sanitation.
- No Complaint! (Tribune, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Our odd-looking group - five from Chandigarh, two from Ludhiana and one each from Haryana and Allahabad — boarded AP Express at Hyderabad. Weather had been kind on the outward journey and we hoped for a smooth return journey.
- Ministries Can’T Build (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The numbers are scary enough — 66 per cent jump in cost, thanks to Central government project delays, as reported by this newspaper on Wednesday. But the actual numbers are scarier.
- The Killer Drain (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
The misery being spread far and wide by Budda Nullah of Ludhiana is too lethal, too obnoxious and too obvious for anyone to miss it.
- Musharraf Isolated (Tribune, James Rupert, Aug 31, 2006)
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the man Washington is leaning on to uproot Islamic extremism here in one of its main strongholds, is looking more politically isolated in the three days since his army killed a charismatic, 79-year-old rebel leader.
- Progressive Realism In Foreign Policy (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Aug 31, 2006)
As this century’s largest country, the US should define its national interest in a way that benefits all
- Iran: Standing Up To The West (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
The Iranian leadership and people are united in their defence of the country's uranium enrichment programme.
- Where Will The Sezs Get Power From? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
“The sezss are fine...but where are they going to get the power from?” asks Maharashtra’s energy minister Dilip Valse Patil.
- Importance Of N-Deal (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stunned everyone into silence, in Parliament, Press rooms, think tanks and retirement homes with his candour and determination as he spoke in the Rajya Sabha on August 17, 2006, on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Lethal Traffic (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
The seizure of more than 4,000 kg of the so-called 'love drug' Methaqualone from a warehouse in Badarpur area of the Delhi-Haryana border should serve as a wake-up call for the Government. It comes close on the heels of another big seizure early . . .
- The Media Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
In the matter of the 12 men arrested aboard the Northwest flight in Amsterdam, the Indian media has shown once again that it has no independence of thought and individuality, as it totally embraced the Government's point of view.
- Indians To Spend 50% More On Travel Abroad: Survey ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Willing to go places, literally, and having the required money in their pockets, Indians are going to spend on their travel abroad as never before.
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