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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 31829:
- Flower Power (Times of India, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 29, 2006)
Tens of thousands of women in Nepal's feudal society protested on the streets and organised all-women's rallies. The image is powerful; and the impact strong enough to win a people their democracy.
- Sri Lankans Take Tsunami Warnings Into Their (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
In a small room up a rickety staircase in a tsunami-damaged building on Sri Lanka’s south coast, Roshan Waduthantri sits glued to an earthquake warning Web site and monitors cable TV channels.
- 55 Killed In Lebanon Blitz As Foreigners Flee (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
At least 55 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.
- India And The Data Exclusivity Trap (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 29, 2006)
In a coda to the Patents Act, fresh attempts are under way to inhibit the growth of India's vibrant generic industry by altering the laws that govern drug registration. This could further consolidate power in the hands of the drug majors and result . . .
- Moscow's Pessimism About West Asia (Pioneer, Marianna Belenkaya, Aug 29, 2006)
Although neither Israel nor Hizbullah is interested in resuming hostilities any time soon, peace remains fragile in West Asia, says Marianna Belenkaya
- Rajasthan Flood Death Toll Reaches 138 (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Aug 29, 2006)
Thousands displaced; rescue and relief operations launched on war footing
- His Cinema Was Idyllic And Idealistic (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 29, 2006)
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's strength lay in the collegiality with which he managed his gifted colleagues.
- Killing Won’T Affect Ties, Says Us (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Aug 29, 2006)
The United States would like to see the Balochistan dispute settled within the framework of a strong and unified Pakistan, the US State Department said on Monday.
- 28 Killed In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 29, 2006)
Thousands of displaced persons in the east of Sri Lanka, lodged in schools and colleges of Trincomalee district, are facing yet another displacement with the educational institutions scheduled for reopening. In the east alone, there are over . . .
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee Is Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Eminent filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee, whose depiction of the virtues and foibles of the middle class carved a new genre in Indian cinema and launched Amitabh Bachchan on path to superstardom, died in a hospital on Sunday of renal failure.
- Who Makes Policy? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 28, 2006)
More or less everyone with an interest in nuclear policy welcomed Saturday’s meeting between the prime minister and nuclear scientists.
- Time To Profile Passengers (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Aug 28, 2006)
The debate over profiling airline passengers revived after the thwarted Islamist plot to bomb 10 airplanes in London on August 10.
- Curse Of The Red Star (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Aug 28, 2006)
Arriving in Beijing on August 23 for his third China visit in five years, Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, praised the country’s communist leaders to the skies for having rescued China from a “practically feudal” situation and made it into one of . . .
- India Must Help Sri Lanka (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 28, 2006)
New Delhi, one wishes, had made serious efforts to stop the flare-up in Sri Lanka.
- Oic Needs Resuscitation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
The OIC’s pathetic response to Zionist aggression in Lebanon and Palestine proves that it needs to be buried.
- Un Peacekeeping Force Deployment In Lebanon With In A Week’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and said that the deployment of the multinational force in Lebanon would begin within a week.
- Syria Will Talk Peace ‘When Israel Is Ready’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Syria is ready to resume the peace process with Israel whenever the Jewish state is ready, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad said on Sunday.
- Fountain For The Poor, Beaches For The Rich (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Aug 28, 2006)
The federal minister for ports and shipping, Babar Khan Ghouri, like all his fellow ministers and ministers of state and the illustrious citizens of this country with the status of minister (the combined number of which is so astronomical you . . .
- The Semantics Of Terror ‘ (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 28, 2006)
What do Nelson Mandela, Michael Collins, Archbishop Makarios, Menachim Begin, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Shamir, Eamon DeValera and Jomo Kenyatta have in common?
- Us And Our N-Plan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
On July 26, 2006, The Washington Post reported: “Pakistan is building a new powerful nuclear reactor for producing plutonium”.
- Insurgent Leader Bugti Killed In Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, one of Pakistan's top insurgents, was killed in a massive military operation in which around 60 other guerrillas were also gunned down.
- Our Energy Interests~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
This is where the oddities arise and a disjoint becomes apparent between what the Government of India is saying and what American and Indian businessmen have been doing.
- Somali Refugees Lose Hope Of Going Back (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
When Mr Ahmed Noor arrived at the Dadaab refugee camp in far north-eastern Kenya, he figured he would be here a month or two, before the civil war in Somalia died down and he could go home.
- Us Diplomat Charged With Trading Visas For Jewellery (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A senior US diplomat has been indicted on charges he traded work visas for an Indian American jeweller's employees in return for lavish dinners, jewellery and Las Vegas trips with exotic dancers.
- Wto: Bumpy Road Ahead (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Aug 28, 2006)
There was some ray hope for revival of the collapsed WTO talks after the G-8 summit of industrialized nations at St Petersburg in Russia, but it seemed to have evaporated after the meeting of key trade ministers including India in Geneva in the last . . .
- British Soldier Among 14 Dead In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A British soldier was killed and another NATO troop wounded in attacks in Afghanistan early on Sunday while police said they killed 10 Taliban who tried to capture a district headquarters.
- Governor Not In Favour Of Self-Rule In J&k (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Aug 28, 2006)
Asserting that democracy was thriving in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor S.K. Sinha said here today that the idea of self rule would not be introduced though there was scope of improvement in different ways.
- Remove Derogatory References To Jats In Ncert Books: Karat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Ms Brinda Karat, MP and a member of the CPM Politburo, today assuaged hurt feelings of Jat community by seeking immediate deletion of all derogatory references to the community in the books published by the NCERT.
- Britons Seek Online Tuition From India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
In the latest example of growing online interaction between Britain and India, British pupils are paying nearly 10 pounds an hour for online tuition on various subjects from teachers based in India.
- Bjp To Launch Stir For State’S Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Announcing to launch an agitation with the help of other political parties and social organizations, the BJP yesterday constituted a state-level committee to prepare an action plan to get Himachal's share under the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966.
- Mumbai Ushers In Ganesha Amidst Tight Security (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Maharashtra ushered in the Ganesha festival amidst tight security today with the Central intelligence agencies warning the local administration of terror attacks during the 10-day celebrations.
- Make Changes In Msp Regime, Hooda (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Congress MP from Rohtak Deepender Singh Hooda has urged the Prime Minister to make fundamental changes in the minimum support price (MSP) regime to benefit both the producer and the consumer.
- Venezuela’S Chinese Connection (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s world tour has landed him in China for the fourth time during his presidency. One of his main objectives there is to try to draw China into his global so-called “guerrilla war” against the United States.
- Lions Club Launches Project In Ajk (Dawn, TARIQ NAQASH, Aug 28, 2006)
The Lions Clubs International has initiated a project for rehabilitation of earthquake victims which envisages construction of 150 model houses, mosques and schools in mountain villages of district Muzaffarabad.
- Rules Vs Principles (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 28, 2006)
One of the major debates regarding convergence of accounting standards internationally, is whether they should be rules-based or principles-based. The style and culture in the US, in respect of such regulatory documents, prefer extremely detailed . ..
- Understanding & Fighting Terrorism (Dawn, Talat Masood, Aug 28, 2006)
The news of the terror plot in Britain in which some British citizens of Pakistani origin and a few Pakistanis were allegedly involved came soon after the regrettable Mumbai train explosion that had the Indian leaders and media pointing fingers . . .
- Us Perspective On Lebanon (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Aug 28, 2006)
As the tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon holds, there is constant evaluation going on in the US about the brutal war in Lebanon that was allowed to go on for five weeks to enable Israel to achieve its strategic goals.
- The Descent Into Tribalism (Dawn, Hywel Williams, Aug 28, 2006)
Modern governments, when they try to justify their existence in historical terms, are apt to propose a rough-and-ready anthropology for human development. First came the tribe — savage in instinct, ritualistic in religion and run on the basis of . . .
- Shaping The Minds Of Intelligence Agencies (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, Aug 28, 2006)
There seems to be an epidemic among the Western intelligence agencies that is spreading to others as well. Both print and electronic media have recently highlighted . . .
- Iran Test Fires Sub-To-Surface Missile (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Iran insisted it remained determined to produce its own nuclear fuel, just four days before a UN Security Council deadline to freeze the sensitive work or face the risk of sanctions.
- 49 Die In Us Passenger Plane Crash (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A Comair flight carrying 49 people crashed a mile from Lexington’s airport Sunday morning shortly after takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration said. At least one person survived.
- Un Volte-Face On Aids (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 28, 2006)
After three years of throwing money at AIDS treatment programmes while ignoring the vital task of prevention, the head of UNAIDS announced this week that prevention is the key to defeating AIDS pandemic.
- Spiritual Festival Of Fasting (Pioneer, Acharya Mahaprajna, Aug 28, 2006)
Jains are celebrating their spiritual festival called "Paryushan Parva" all over the country. Jainism itself is essentially a "spiritual religion" considering spiritual good to be the highest goal of life. Observing long fasts up to 30 days, vow . . .
- 'Oh, These Are Muslims!' (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 28, 2006)
How the reactions changed when the identity of the 12 was not known, to when it was finally confirmed. Notice the divergence between the reaction from Indian passengers and from others? Or take the response from the government spokespersons....
- Meet The Trainspotters (New Indian Express, Riju Dave Mehta, Aug 28, 2006)
They seem pedestrian enough, these people. Swinging between work and wants, cares and compulsions, they flit through life at a banal pace.
- The Good Neighbour (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 28, 2006)
It would perhaps not be outrageous to suggest that had the authorities in Pakistan been as forthcoming with information to India, as they were to the British Intelligence, the July 11 carnage in Mumbai may have been averted.
- 49 Die In Us Plane Crash (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Forty-nine people were killed in southern United States on Sunday when a passenger plane crashed shortly after the take-off.
- Exotic Dancers For Us Visas (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 28, 2006)
An Indian jeweller with a worldwide business network stretching from Japan and Thailand to the UK and Brazil is on the run for bribing a US state department official with free flights, exotic dancers and hotel rooms in exchange for American visas.
- Fortunes Rising For India’S Congress Party: Poll (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
India’s ruling Congress party will return to power with a comfortable majority if elections are held today, an opinion poll said on Sunday.
- At Least 93 Dead In Floods In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
At least 93 people were killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods caused by monsoon rains that have swamped the normally drought-prone desert state of Rajasthan, reports said Sunday.
- Tony Blair Is Subservient To Bush: Carter (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former US President Jimmy Carter has put the blame for the ongoing crisis in Iraq on the shoulders of British Premier Tony Blair, accusing him of "lack of leadership and timid subservience" to US President George W Bush.
- Scientists Still Have Doubts,ask Pm To Spell Out Strategy (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was urged by the country’s top nuclear scientists at their recent meeting with him to formulate an adequate Indian response as they had "serious doubts" that the US Congress would accept the concerns of the nation on . . .
- The Real Price Of Freedom (Deccan Herald, M J Vinod , Aug 28, 2006)
The book takes a closer look at severed bonds during Partition and the logic behind the carnage.
- So Wide, You Can’T Get Around It... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Mike Marqusee delves into an inspired Bob Dylan encyclopaedia.
- Indian Fairy Tales (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Stories filled with libidinally flightful myths, anally fixated metaphors and scatological excesses, but are a toast to literature.
- Fresh Print (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Three marvelous Tamil writers. And three competent translations from Katha.
- Time To Rethink Policies (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 28, 2006)
The dramatic return last week of the Northwest Airlines flight from the German airspace to Amsterdam’s Schipol airport, because a multiple ‘terrorist threat’ on board targeting 12 Indian nationals — all of them Muslim — has given a new dimension to . . .
- Maran`s New Deal (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 28, 2006)
This is the ultimate irony. The company that just last year challenged Trai’s decision to slash bandwidth tariffs (a major determinant of long-distance tariffs), not once, but twice, on the grounds that it was making just . . .
- Violence In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
VIOLENCE and killings continues unabated in Iraq despite increase in the US forces.
- Global Experience Has Lessons To Offer (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 28, 2006)
A section of telecom operators have reportedly offered to pay compensation to defence services for vacation of spectrum.
- 'India Benefits From Fall In China's Textile Export To Us' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
India is one of the major beneficiaries of US restrictions on Chinese textile exports during the first six months of the current year, the Communist giant's top planning body said while cautioning the industry to brace for even less growth in . . .
- Who Is Right About Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Aug 28, 2006)
Impressive though his performance was it cannot be said that in his reply to the Indo-US nuclear deal, after the debates in Parliament, Prime Minister had really said anything substantive that he had not before in response to the spate of criticism . . .
- Survey Says Fortunes Rising For Congress (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Aug 28, 2006)
India's ruling Congress party will return to power with a comfortable majority if elections are held today, an opinion poll said on Sunday.
- Sri Lankans Take Tsunami Warnings Into Their Own Hands (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 28, 2006)
In a small room up a rickety staircase in a tsunami-damaged building on Sri Lanka's south coast, Roshan Waduthantri sits glued to an earthquake warning Web site and monitors cable TV channels.
- Pm Allays Scientists' Fears On U.S. Nuke Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the nation's top nuclear scientists on Saturday India would not accept any significant changes to a landmark civil nuclear agreement with the United States.
- Pakistan Struggles To Identify Taliban (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, Aug 28, 2006)
Imadad Ullah isn't afraid to talk about being a Taliban student, even after two of his friends walked away when the topic came up. They might have good reason: Mr. Ullah says that Taliban members are arrested every day in this region.
- Hizbollah Hints At Talks On Prisoner Exchange (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The leader of Hizbollah said on Sunday that "contacts" had been made which might bring talks on an exchange of prisoners held by the Lebanese guerrilla group and Israel.
- Musharraf Regrets Indian Refusal To Accept Kashmir Options (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that peace and stability cannot be restored in the region without the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
- Militants Threaten To Kill Tribal Elders ‘Spying’ For Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan warned on Saturday that they would behead around 30 tribal elders if “they continued spying for US forces in Afghanistan”, said officials.
- Pluto: No Nine Pizzas? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
It is now official. Pluto, 76, is dead. It was killed by a group of astronomers. It is now a dwarf planet and is no longer part of the nine planets as we all know it. Will Walt Disney now change the name of the all-time favourite character Pluto? And what
- Hutch Launches Gprs Service (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Hutch, pure play cellular service provider, on Wednesday announced the launch of PlaneHutch, an interactive GPRS-based service, for its customers in the State.
- Hard-Hearted Astronomers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Alas, poor Pluto! The little runt among the nine planets thought to make up our solar system is no longer to be counted among the Sun's immediate family.
- The World Of Those On The Move (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The greatest percentage increase in the unauthorised immigrant population to the US between 2000 and 2005 was from India reveals World Migration 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration. International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Progra
- "Bush Dedicated To Moving Forward On Nuclear Deal" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 26, 2006)
Agreement not [merely] between two leaders but a lasting agreement between two countries
"Beauty of democracy is that we have debate"
Hydrogen economy: U.S. committed to providing $7 billion
- Manmohan To Meet Nuke Scientists Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will seek to allay scientists' fears over the Indo-US nuclear deal when he meets a group of nuclear scientists and members of the Atomic Energy Commission here today.
- Russia Rules Out Sanctions Against Iran (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Russia rejected on Friday any talk for now of sanctions against Iran and France warned against conflict with Tehran, raising doubts whether it will face swift penalties for not halting nuclear work by an Aug 31 deadline.
- Inversion Of Roles (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Aug 26, 2006)
Thanks to regional parties, it is the Lok Sabha which now represents states' interests.
- Pakistan’S Nuclear Arsenal Comparable To India’S: Report (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Pakistan has between 24 and 48 nuclear weapons made from enriched uranium and perhaps three to five more powerful plutonium-based weapons, estimates the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
- Opposition ‘United’ Against Dictatorship (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
MMA deputy secretary-general and Jamaat-i-Islami naib amir Liaquat Baloch said on Friday that despite differences on amendments to the Hudood Ordinance, the opposition was united against military dictatorship and on no-confidence move against the governme
- Wheat ‘Scam’ In Food Dept (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A scandal involving the sale of ‘surplus’ wheat stored in the food department godowns here surfaced on Friday after the impounding of a wheat-laden trailer by the police.
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