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Articles 7021 through 7120 of 31829:
- Rain Troubles Pak Quake Survivors (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Heavy monsoon rain lashed northern Pakistan today, triggering landslides that blocked two key roads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, adding to the misery of thousands of displaced survivors of last year’s massive earthquake, officials said.
- Natwar Dumped, But Congress In Line Of Fire (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Aug 05, 2006)
Parliament rocked, Houses adjourned ----- Political calculations can sometimes go awfully wrong.
- Saluting Heroism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 05, 2006)
It would be politically-incorrect these 59 years after Independence to suggest that we emulate former colonial powers.
- U.S. Slaps Sanctions On Two Indian Firms, Five Others (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The United States has imposed sanctions against seven companies from North Korea, Russia, India and Cuba for their alleged arms dealings with Iran, a State Department official said on Friday.
- Uk Joins Us, France In Negotiating Unsc Resolution On Lebanon (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Aug 05, 2006)
Britain has joined the United States and France in negotiating a UN Security Council resolution seeking cessation of hostilities in Lebanon as diplomats said Washington and Paris were inching towards an agreement but were not there as yet.
- Sri Lanka Battles Rebels As Displaced Flee To Safety (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 05, 2006)
Tamil Tigers and troops exchanged mortar and artillery fire on Saturday in the 11th day of fighting in Sri Lanka's restive east, as the military sought to move thousands of displaced civilians out of harm's way.
- Ruthless Dna (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Congress reveals its true colours ---- The scapegoating of former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh through the selectively leaked report of the Justice Pathak Inquiry Committee late Thursday evening shows the lengths to which the Government's . .
- Africans Take Christianity Back To Secular West (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
Western missionaries took Christianity to Africa in the 1800s. Now Kenyan minister Patrick Mukholi is bringing it back.
- The Taliban’S War On Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 05, 2006)
The international community must establish a secure environment for Afghanistan’s teachers, who are risk everything to educate their children.
- Israeli Commando Raid Near Tyre Kills 5 Lebanese (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos landed near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and clashed with Hizbollah guerrillas on Saturday, Lebanese security sources said.
- Us Predicts Civil War In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The commander of American forces in the Middle East (West Asia) bluntly warned a Senate committee on Thursday that sectarian violence in Iraq, especially in the capital, Baghdad, had grown so severe that the nation could slide toward civil war.
- Panel For Lifting 15 Tmcft Water From Tunga To Bhadra Dam (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Aug 05, 2006)
Six-member K.C. Reddy Committee submits 133-page report to the Government
2,54,023 acres of land to be irrigated in Chikmagalur and Chitradurga districts
The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 4,150 crore
- Protect Forest Wealth Of Kanyakumari District: Forum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
"10,000 acres of forests have been encroached upon''
- U.S. Wants Pakistan To Move Against Terrorists: Boucher (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
'U.S. is working with everybody in the region against terrorism'
- Ceasefire Seems To Be A Dream (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 05, 2006)
Following the horrific massacre by Israel of 57 innocent Lebanese civilians at Qana last Sunday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised that there would be a ceasefire by the week-end. She meant Friday, the end of the week for Jewish Israel.
- Us Official Backs India’S Concerns (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 05, 2006)
A senior Bush administration official has expressed support for India’s concern that the United States Senate plans to approve legislation that will prevent India from ever obtaining nuclear enrichment, reprocessing or heavy water technologies.
- Disclose Cola Contents: Pil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The controversy surrounding pesticide-laden colas is likely to take an interesting turn as a Delhi-based voluntary organisation has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking disclosure of the ingredients and chemical . . .
- Happiness Indices Must Be Discounted (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
A recent study that has received global attention seems to conclude that money can buy happiness and probably falls short of asking: “Does happiness buy money at all?”
- American Claims And Questions Of Fact (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 05, 2006)
Are the United States' claims that Pakistan is serious about fighting jihadi terrorism directed at India plausible?
- Us Slaps Sanctions On Two Indian Firms (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US government has imposed sanctions on two Indian and five other companies from Russia, North Korea and Cuba for allegedly supplying banned equipment and technology to Iran.
- Unspeakable Horror (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 05, 2006)
The horrors of the hostilities between Israel and Lebanon daily witnessed on the TV screen leave one benumbed. Both sides are demoniacally targeting civilian populations with all the firepower at their command.
- Corporate Social Conscience (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 05, 2006)
Money spent for being known as a good corporate citizen cannot be regarded as being wholly outside the ambit of the business concerns of the company.
- On Brink Of Civil War (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 05, 2006)
American generals have admitted that Iraq is close to civil war. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Gen John Abizaid, chief of the US Central Command, said that Iraq was closer to civil war than ever before.
- Advani: Let Cbi Probe To Uncover Truth (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 05, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday charged the UPA Government with 'manipulating and managing' Justice RS Pathak Inquiry Authority to exonerate the Congress from the charges of being a beneficiary under the UN's Oil-for-food programme for Iraq.
- Iraqis Hold Pro-Hizbullah Rally (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
More than 100,000 white-clad Shias marched through Baghdad on Friday at a noisy rally in support of Lebanon’s Hizbullah militia, as US commanders warned of a slide towards civil war.
- Oic Finally Wakes Up (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 05, 2006)
Finally the OIC has woken up from what one can only call a deep slumber and taken note of what has been going on in Lebanon.
- Is A People's Army Feasible? (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 05, 2006)
We have a genius for belittling great ideas, noble concepts and inspiring events. We give the sacred name of jihad to a campaign to eliminate those who don't agree with us. Political workers travelling by bus from Rawalpindi to Islamabad to hold . . .
- Kashmir Just An Excuse (News International, BASHIR MANZAR, Aug 05, 2006)
Right from 1947, India and Pakistan have not only fought full fledged and proxy wars but have also made umpteen attempts to broker peace.
- A Garrison State (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 05, 2006)
This history of the Pentagon traces the story of how the United States became besotted with military power.
- Us Allays Fears On N-Deal Deviation, Favours Nailing Dawood (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US on Friday allayed India's fears over possible changes in the civil nuclear deal and hoped the US lawmakers would adhere to the spirit of the agreement between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- After Tobacco, Ramadoss On Anti-Cola Drive (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 05, 2006)
Under the attack for deliberate delay in setting standards for pesticides residue in aerated drinks, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is expected to make a statement in Parliament next week.
- Code Revisited (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Changes in CrPC are welcome ---- With the tabling in Parliament of the Bill incorporating significant changes in the Criminal Procedure Code, it seems a matter of time before the new provisions comes to the succour of the aggrieved.
- A Disastrous Model (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
Those advocating armed attacks on Pakistan in response to the Mumbai bombings wish to emulate Israel's aggression. That is the worst model India could follow.
- 'Free-Market' Propaganda Through 'Planning'? (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- The Bravest Of The Voices (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
In an auditorium in Delhi, usually filled with the sounds of classical music and dance, I heard the voices, last week, of India’s poorest, bravest, most exploited citizens.
- Money For A Good Purpose (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Aug 05, 2006)
The government cannot claim that it has no money for poverty alleviation programmes when clearly it has failed to tax the rich adequately.
- Report Leak Will Be Probed: Dasmunsi (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 05, 2006)
``Strong and firm action will be taken against the guilty''
Finance Ministry to prepare action taken report
Entire House was upset at leak: Minister
Advani remark an "insult" to Pathak
- History From Below (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Aug 05, 2006)
In this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to give voices of struggle the place they deserve in history.
- Delhi Knew Us Won’T Lift N-Tech Curbs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The United States has had no intention of fully lifting the embargo on civil nuclear commerce with India despite signing a much-trumpeted deal on July 18, 2005.
- Satyam Sees Plenty Of Opportunities In China (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Satyam Computer Services chairman B Ramalinga Raju on Friday said that his company would expand its operations in neighbouring country China by increasing its head count from the current 300 to several thousands in a few years.
- Nuclear Deal: Sonia Snubs Cpm, Backs Manmohan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Firmly backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s opposition to any ‘sense of the House’ parliamentary resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has made it clear to the CPM that any move to press for the resolution could . . .
- Unmasking Corporate Greed (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
A well-researched book based on sound archival material, it argues that Enron was a product of scheming minds.
- Venezuela Recalls Ambassador To Israel (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he has withdrawn his country's ambassador to Israel to show his "indignation" over the military offensive in Lebanon.
- West Asian Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 05, 2006)
The visual images of distraught Indians being evacuated from Beirut following Israeli air raids on suspected positions of militants groups Hizbullah and Hamas has once again brought to the fore India's political and economic stakes in West Asia.
- Spare Us The Whims And Fancies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 05, 2006)
There are some good reasons why a parliamentary resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal is a bad idea. Unlike practical legislation, resolutions reflect emotion and sentiment, things that ought to be kept in check when dealing with a country’s foreign . .
- Boucher Dispels India's N-Deal Fears (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US on Friday allayed India's fears over the final shape of the nuclear deal between the two countries, maintaining that the pact would be on the lines of what was originally agreed upon by President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Leak Helps Natwar, Heat On Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
After the Pathak probe, a probe into the leak of its findings, giving time to Natwar Singh and son to breathe.
- Protest In A New Theatre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
In Marginal Men, his fine history of refugee politics, Prafulla Chakrabarti recounts how Calcutta acquired its by-now-well-founded reputation as a city of protests and protestors.
- Humanitarian Disaster Looming In Lanka (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Concerned over a looming humanitarian disaster in Sri Lanka’s northeast, international relief agencies today sought opening of a corridor to send urgently-required supplies to thousands trapped in a town where fierce fighting has left at least 22 . . .
- Bangladesh–New Hub For Terrorism (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Aug 05, 2006)
While the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to al-Qaida and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting the strategically located nation of Bangladesh into a new regional hub for terrorist operations . . .
- Nato’S New Role In Afghanistan (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
On Monday, 31 July, NATO took up its first military combat role since its founding in 1949 – not in Europe, for the security of which it was established during the Cold War, but in Afghanistan.
- Power Of Images (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Aug 05, 2006)
The task of news channels is to harness the power of television to inform people of what is happening, not tell them what they ought to know and think.
- Poonch Youth Held For Mumbai Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A joint team of the Mumbai and the J&K police has arrested a terrorist of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Abdul Hameed, from a border village of the Poonch district in connection with the serial train blasts in Mumbai that claimed about 190 lives last month.
- Smoking Gun (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 05, 2006)
We are told that neither the United States nor Israel will accept a ceasefire in Israel's campaign against Lebanon unless the 'root causes' of the problem are addressed.
- Www, You Changed Our Lives. Thanks (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The world wide web, or what we popularly - and incorrectly - refer to as the internet, celebrates its 15th birthday today. To us, the acronym WWW may not mean much. But, thanks to it,we get to do some amazing things.
- Minister’S Liquor Mafia Remarks Create A Furore (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Aug 04, 2006)
Uttaranchal is in the middle of a political storm over a state minister’s comments about the alleged nexus between politicians and the liquor mafia.
- Hezbollah, Israel Rule Out Truce (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel is pouring thousands of ground troops into southern Lebanon with the aim of creating a buffer zone there until the arrival of a multinational force, the military said on Thursday.
- Million Dollar Smiles (Times of India, Peter Singer, Aug 04, 2006)
Would you be happier if you were richer? Many people believe that they would be. But research conducted over many years suggests that greater wealth implies greater happiness only at quite low levels of income.
- Premium League Needs A Level Playing Field (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 04, 2006)
The underreported July 7, 2006 circular by The Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) on zero commissions for its Mediclaim policy for individuals over 55 is the result of a typical half-way reforms trap, a three-sided prism that takes the clean white . . .
- A Passage To Indo-Us Nuclear Pact (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 04, 2006)
The India/USA nuclear agreement in my opinion will be 'passed' as there are many Economic benefits on both sides and I think the Cold war arguments no longer hold good.
- Us Reels Under Unprecedented Heat Wave (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Oppressive humidity coupled with high temperatures have made life miserable for residents in the eastern states of United States as power suppliers struggled to meet the record demand for electricity.
- Mole Draws A Hole (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 04, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- 34 Killed As Ltte `Overruns' Muttur Town (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Water war spreads to Batticaloa, Mullaitivu and Mannar districts
TamilNet alleges killing of civilians by Sri Lankan troopers
Sri Lanka rejects Norway's call for an end to the current hostilities
- ‘This Is A War About Global Values’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
In a speech to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair stresses the need to “Think ahead.” And “Think China... Russia...India” because “all of these great emerging powers want a benign relationship . . .
- Worst Foot Forward (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 04, 2006)
The vote of the Jewish community is of crucial importance in a number of key states in the American elections. Equally important is the size of campaign funds Jewish business tycoons are capable of contributing.
- Fighting To Save The Right To Information (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
Winner of the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his contribution to India’s right-to-information movement, Arvind Kejriwal, is a worried man.
- A River Runs Through It (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Aug 04, 2006)
Geography is the mother of history, more so in the case of military history. Certain regions, owing to their strategic location, become sites for contest.
- Can “Carbon-Trading” Save The World? (Tribune, Philip Thornton, Aug 04, 2006)
What is carbon trading, and can it save the world from global warming? British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently joined with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, to announce a transatlantic market in carbon-dioxide emissions.
- Ask Them Nicely (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
Congress is defending nuke deal well. But on issues like quotas it needs allies, even from Opposition
- Nuclear Issue Rocks Rajya Sabha (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The BJP and the CPM today joined hands in the Rajya Sabha to demand a resolution disapproving some aspects of the India-US agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation.
- Call The Bluff (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
Even Mr Manmohan Singh’s mildness and patience have their limits. The prime minister has, at long last, done some straight talking to the comrades.
- Quiet Fortitude (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
There has been a resurgence of interest in the role of women in World War II. One area where women did contribute in significant numbers . . .
- Muslim Educational Society Offers Formula For Admissions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Muslim Educational Society (MES) has indicated its willingness to offer freeship in fifty percent of seats in the engineering and medical colleges under it.
- Kerala To Have Four Edusat Channels For School Education (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Aug 04, 2006)
Bid to broaden the reach of IT education in the State
- Nc Creates Pandemonium Over Amendment, Shariq's Suspension (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Aug 04, 2006)
Even as Assembly was adjourned for the day amid a pandemonium, raised by National Conference over amendment to Office of Profit law and . . .
- Two Children Killed, 7 Hurt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Two children were killed and seven members of a family were injured when a house collapsed at Langmi in Zanskar area of this district last mid-night due to heavy rains.
- Muslim World Demands Lebanon Ceasefire, Peace Role (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation.
- Reining In Distorting Subsidies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
The World Trade Report 2006 has as its principal focus government subsidies, which may have specific goals of correcting market distortions and . . .
- Nss Rejects `Devaprasnam' Held At Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Urges TDB not to go ahead with `pariharakriyas'
- Tribes Stranded As Sardar Sarovar Dam Drowns Valley (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 04, 2006)
Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of the swollen Narmada river, gesturing towards land, now submerged, where once he grew enough wheat and vegetables to make a comfortable living.
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