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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 31829:
- Nuclear Doubts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 19, 2006)
The Prime Minister made a good job of a tough defence.
- Kykl Denies Role In Iskcon Blast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Twenty-four hours after media reports quoted a senior Union Home Ministry official as saying the Kanglei Yawol Kanba Lup (KYKL) may be behind the ISKCON temple blast on August 16, the militant outfit has broken its three-day silence and denied . . .
- ‘Al-Qaeda Has No Role In J&k’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Syed Sallah-u-Din, chief of Hizbul Mujahideen, the strongest Kashmiri militant group, has said that al-Qaeda has no role in Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Lesson In Values (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2006)
Prime minister Manmohan Singh’s reply to the marathon discussion on the Indo-US nuclear agreement in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday should allay all doubts about the deal.
- Boeing Bets On Freight Boom In India (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Aug 19, 2006)
Having done an estimated business of $18 billion and received orders for as many as 150 planes — either outright sale or lease — in just two years, Boeing is expecting more orders from India in the coming years.
- Bush In Babylon (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 19, 2006)
Arnove has built up a powerful case for immediate American withdrawal from Iraq.
- Obc Quotas: Blind Oversight (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Aug 19, 2006)
There is no moral, philosophical, or economic basis for OBC reservations in colleges or employment.
- This Is Us Gift For Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 19, 2006)
According to Western sources opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels – up by more than 40 per cent from 2005. As per estimates, about 370,650 acres of opium poppy was cultivated this season as compared to 257,000 acres in 2005.
- Save Karachi Save Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 19, 2006)
At least 13 people died in Karachi from electrocution as heavy storms with thunder and lightning struck many parts of the city on Thursday paralyzing life and wreaking havoc on the power supply and communications’ networks.
- Talking About Secrets (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2006)
The United States has never had an Official Secrets Act — a statute forbidding private citizens from disclosing and discussing information the government wants to keep quiet. Last week it got one.
- Hezbollah Pays Cash For Lost Homes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Hezbollah on Friday began distributing tens of thousands of dollars to residents in battered southern Beirut whose homes were hit during Israel’s month-long offensive targeting the Shia militia.
- Terrorism Has To Be Met With Force: President (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Calling on the country’s police to be courteous to common people and do justice to the needy through prompt delivery of services, President General Pervez Musharraf Friday asked the law enforcing agencies to act strongly against those preaching . . .
- Bush Warns N. Korea Against Nuclear Test (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
President George Bush on Friday warned that North Korea would pose a threat to the world if it tested a nuclear bomb for the first time, following reports that the reclusive government was considering such a move.
- West’S Losing ‘War On Terror’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2006)
The writing is on the wall. A recent poll in the UK found that four out five Britons believe that the West is losing the ‘war on terror’, while only 14 per cent approve of Tony Blair’s support for the Bush administration’s foreign policy.
- The Confession Of Gunter Grass (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 19, 2006)
"A lie is a straight untruth," Sir Robert Armstrong, the United Kingdom's former Cabinet Secretary, famously remarked in response to a question during a trial in 1986.
- Advice To Western Bikers In India (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2006)
From a tiny New Delhi storefront decorated with Tibetan prayer flags, blond-haired Balu rents and repairs bikes, and more importantly, advises western biker tourists how not to lose it while travelling in India.
- How We Built The Bomb (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 19, 2006)
If India ever decided to single out a date for marking some sort of an anniversary of its nuclear weaponisation, March 18, 1989 will be a pretty good choice, probably even more fitting than the two dates of May 1974 and 1998, Pokharan I . . .
- Security Breach At Heathrow Airport (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 19, 2006)
Woman gets on board with banned items in hand baggage
- Lawyers Challenge Entry Ban In Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Discrimination is totally anti-Hindu, says petition in apex court
- Will The Fragile Peace Last In Lebanon? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 19, 2006)
The prospective members of UNIFIL have failed to agree on or even properly discuss the exact nature of UNIFIL's mandate.
- The Two Faces Of Pakistan (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 19, 2006)
The West tends to see the Musharraf regime as the last barricade against an Islamist coup, but Islamabad continues to support terrorism.
- What The U.S. Is Doing To Pakistan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 19, 2006)
Washington's influence in "core" areas of Pakistan's security seems to be growing. And this is not restricted to mere cooperation in anti-terrorist actions.
- The Remarkable Rise Of Documentary Cinema (Hindu, Mark Lawson, Aug 19, 2006)
Most documentary films are as much about propaganda as civil service films 60 years ago.
- Icar Awards For 42 Scientists, Six Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Honoured for contributing to the growth of agriculture science and farm research
- Hold That Drink (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 19, 2006)
Without disputing Sunita Narain’s findings on pesticide traces in cola drinks, I want to know if a cola containing pesticides is more harmful to us than milk, vegetables and even drinking water that contain pesticides, pollutants and other adulterants.
- Qualcomm Acquires Qualphone For $18 M (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 19, 2006)
Mobile TV trials this year in U.S., U.K. and Japan; may happen in India in 2007
Qualphone software to drive multimedia content to mobile devices
Leverages Bangalore research team's work to deliver flagship products
Qualcomm has laboratories in . . .
- Cpi(m): Abide By Word On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
PM's detailed reply in Parliament a healthy precedent: Yechury
- Sc Puts Break On Indiscriminate Arrests In Kashmir Sex Scandal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Putting a break on indiscriminate arrests in the Srinagar sex scandal, the Supreme Court today partially stayed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order directing CBI to hold custodial interrogation of all public functionaries named by kingpin Sabeena . . .
- Musharraf Angry, Hurt Over India's Bomb Allegation (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said he was angry and disappointed that India had blamed his government for last month's bomb blasts in Mumbai, which he said was the work of "freelance terrorists".
- Ford Cutting Production, Seeks Faster Turnaround (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Ford Motor Co. on Friday said it would cut fourth-quarter production to its lowest level in 25 years as it accelerates a turnaround plan that has not yielded results fast enough.
- Himalayan Ecology Under Siege (Daily Excelsior, Ravi Sharma , Aug 19, 2006)
All hell breaks loose the moment there is talk of exploiting Antarctica's mineral reserves or of laying a pipeline across a portion of Alaska or when another few thousand hectares of forest are lost along the Amazon.
- Unravelling Of Hope (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 19, 2006)
The government is drifting on numerous issues ranging from economic to foreign and security policy, and from handling of terrorism to the right to information.
- Tell Tale Signs (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 19, 2006)
After the Mumbai blasts and the uncovering of the conspiracy to blow up 10 aircraft over the Atlantic, the situation is vastly different. The anti-Iraq war lobby, the defenders of Iran and the root cause wallahs, who on past occasions have displayed . . .
- London Terror Mastermind In Afghanistan:pakistan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Pakistan has told the US military that an Arab Al-Qaida operative who masterminded the London jetliner terror plot is hiding in mountainous terrain in northeastern Afghanistan, an Intelligence official said today.
- Corruption And Profiteering (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Aug 19, 2006)
There was a time when profit was a dirty word in India.
- 'Al-Qaeda Man Holed Up Between Nuristan, Kunar Provinces' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Pakistan has told the US. Military that an Arab, al-Qaida operative who masterminded the London jetliner terror plot is hiding in mountainous terrain in northeastern Afghanistan, an Intelligence official said on Friday.
- N-Deal Clarified (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's detailed response to the Opposition's concerns over the perceived shifting of goal posts by the US Congress, thus changing the parameters of the proposed India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement, should serve . . .
- Phone Tapping Saved Lives: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The US administration insists that a telephone-tapping programme ordered by President George W Bush helped stop terrorist attacks besides saving American lives.
- Gung Ho On The N-Deal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 19, 2006)
The India-US nuclear agreement and, in a broader sense, the improvement in relations with the US are — along with 8% economic growth — the biggest achievement of Dr Manmohan Singh’s prime ministership.
- An Ip Requirement? (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
IT is easy to assume that since India has safeguarded intellectual property rights it is therefore bound to allow data exclusivity (DE).
- Oiling Up The Asean Fta? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 19, 2006)
Import duty by New Delhi on Asean palm oil, key to Free Trade Agreement.
- Nuclear Plans Intact (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reply to the marathon discussion on the Indo-US nuclear agreement in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday should allay all doubts about the deal. He has particularly disarmed the BJP and the CPM critics that the nuclear deal . . .
- Data For Leverage (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Aug 19, 2006)
A new front has opened in the attack on generic drugs in the pharmaceutical industry, which could push up the prices of medicines.
- Knowledge Is Power (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 19, 2006)
This is one population growth that we should welcome.
- Bunkum Of Resilience (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 19, 2006)
Children in schools are taught that India is a great country and a potential superpower.
- Prisons As Agents Of Change (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 19, 2006)
Decision-makers in India can learn from the experiences of other countries and lend more than cursory attention to the state of our prisons.
- The Green Way To Energy Security (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 19, 2006)
India and the United States share a deep and abiding interest in assuring reliable and abundant energy to power our economies and provide a basic foundation for the prosperity of our citizens.
- Bush Has A Terror, Fascist Agenda (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 19, 2006)
Hussain Randathani | Director Islamic Research and Development Council Kozhikode
- Some Sterling Buzz (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Aug 19, 2006)
While one applauds the UK economy’s continued economic growth for 14 years, the buzz of optimism in favour of the pound sterling against the US dollar seems unfounded.
- Drug Trade Questions ‘Integrity’ Of Afghan Government: Us (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The US State Department said on Friday that a sudden increase in the production of illicit drugs in Afghanistan was ‘a problem for the integrity’ of the Afghan government.
- Musharraf For Joint Indo-Pak Control Of Kashmir: Proposal Meant . . . (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Amendments in Hudood Ordinance to please US, Western lobbies.
- ‘Let’S Make India A Safe Nation’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 18, 2006)
On Thursday President A P J Abdul Kalam dedicated the Chandigarh War Memorial, a citizens’ initiative led by The Indian Express, to the nation. Excerpts from his speech on the occasion:
- Buddhist Enclave May Hold Key To Sino-Indian Border Row (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 18, 2006)
At first sight, a 400-year-old Buddhist monastery, tucked deep in the Himalayas in a remote corner of India's northeast, hardly seems like a highly coveted piece of real estate.
- ‘There Are No Limits To What You Can Do’ (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Aug 18, 2006)
For Indra Nooyi (50), who hails from a traditional, well-to-do Tamil Brahmin family in Chennai, the rise to the top position of American cola giant Pepsico has been a hard journey that has taken nearly 30 years.
- Aiadmk,mdmk Seek Discussion In Assly On Killing Of 61 Children (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The AIADMK and its ally the MDMK today sought to move an adjournment motion in the Tamil Nadu assembly on the killing of 61 Tamil schoolchildren in strikes by the Sri Lankan Air force at Mullaitheevu in the Tamil areas of the island nation.
- Now Fear Has A New Shape (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
The new security threat...the tubes of toothpaste and bottles of shampoo have you thinking evil thoughts.
- Mayhem And Cola (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
We embrace computers and the internet, cable TV and cell phones, with glee, but use them largely for diversion and entertainment rather than...
- Linking N-Deal To Growing India’S Energy Hunger, Pm Says Trust Me, Won’T Bend (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Aug 18, 2006)
Aware that the dissent in the Opposition and within his Left allies on the nuclear deal had as much to do with politics as strategy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invoked his personal credibility and reputation as a reformer in an . . .
- Nuclear Weapons Not Under Us Pact Ambit:pm (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made it clear that India would make its own assessment of its nuclear weapon programme in this uncertain and unpredictable world said that must remain the cardinal principle of the country's nuclear policy.
- Trans-Atlantic Bomb Plot Planner Was Jaish Member (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 18, 2006)
Rashid Rauf trained in terror facilities set up to fuel jihad in J&K, admits Jaish chief's father
- Us Eavesdropping Program Ruled Unconstitutional (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The US federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government's domestic eavesdropping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately.
- N-Deal: Bjp Demands Resolution (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The much-awaited short-duration discussion on the India-US nuclear deal in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday expectedly saw the BJP attacking the UPA government...
- Crisis Of Development Economics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 18, 2006)
As the Planning Commission is busy in preparing the draft of the 12th five -year plan, it has to take into account the uneven growth in the states, region -wise, state-wise and area-wise even within districts.
- Nuke Scientists Welcome Pm's Assurances (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Top nuclear scientists today welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's detailed assurances on concerns raised by them about the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Lunar Footage Eclipse (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 18, 2006)
Holding on to historic footage is not rocket science — which may be exactly why Nasa officials were forced to say on Tuesday, “Houston, we have a problem”.
- India Warns U.S. Against Changes In Nuclear Pact (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 18, 2006)
India warned the United States Congress on Thursday not to tinker with a controversial civilian nuclear cooperation deal and said it would not accept any significant changes to the agreement.
- Haunting Terror Threats (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 18, 2006)
The war against terror continues and we see 'new' innovative methods deployed by terror groups and clearly the intelligence agencies have foiled and prevented a terror act which cuts across nations, religion and beliefs and is little more than . . .
- A Dog Chasing Its Tail (Business Line, Jamal Mecklai, Aug 18, 2006)
Looking at the recent rise in foreign currency reserves makes it apparent that the last sharp fall in the rupee was engineered by the RBI.
- Us To Double Anti-Missile Ships (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The United States, concerned about North Korea, will double to six by the end of the year the number of its ships in the Pacific capable of shooting down enemy ballistic missiles, the head of the Pentagon missile-defense project involved said on . . .
- Nature & Human Innovation~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 18, 2006)
Patent laws protect new ideas that have functional manifestations as invention, while the Intellectual Property Right (IPR), which came into effect in more recent times, protects all forms of expressed manifestation of information and ideas.
- After 10 Yrs, Child Beauty Queen’S Murderer Held, Confesses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The investigation into the murder of 6-year old JonBenet Ramsey, which had stumped the police for nearly a decade, took a dramatic turn on Thursday when an American school teacher confessed to the crime less than 24 hours after being arrested at . . .
- Hare Krishna Coming Of Age (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
What became of the Hare Krishna devotees whose saffron robes and chanting once graced many a street corner in the US?
- India Won't Be Bound By Law Passed By Us, Pm Tells Rs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday admitted in the Rajya Sabha that the government was concerned with two versions of the India-US nuclear Bill in the US Congress.
- Pm’S Reply Mellows Cpm On N-Deal (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight accomplished his domestic political mission at the end of his 85-minute reply to the eight-hour-long short-duration discussion on Indo-US nuclear deal — the CPM dropped its demand for a “sense of Parliament” . . .
- Hurriyat Factions Turn Down Offer On Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
The two factions of the Hurriyat Conference, one headed by Molvi Umar Farooq and the other by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, have turned down yet another offer from the Chief Minister, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, appealing the Kashmiri separatists to participate . . .
- Us Flies In Special Envoy To Push For Truce In Lanka (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Aug 18, 2006)
The United States on Thursday sent a special envoy to Colombo to ask the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels to immediately cease hostilities and return to the negotiating table.
- Al-Qaeda Behind Jetliner Terror Plot: Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Interrogations of suspects in Pakistan lead its investigators to believe that the alleged plot to blow up US-bound jetliners was sanctioned by the Al-Qaeda leadership, a senior intelligence official said on Thursday.
- No Compromise On National Interests In Nuke Deal: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Strongly ruling out the possibility of accepting anything that undermines the country’s nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Government will not accept any conditionalities that go beyond the last year’s deal with the US . . .
- Mismanagement Of Dams Led To Floods: Expert (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Aug 18, 2006)
`Officials waited for the dams to fill up before releasing the water'
The dams had 47 per cent water before the monsoon
Seeks probe into "negligence" of operations
- Oil Prices Fall In Asian Trade As Lebanon Ceasefire Holds (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Crude prices fell in Asian trading today on continued signs that a ceasefire between Israeli troops and Hezbollah guerrillas appeared to be holding, dealers said.
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