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Articles 7121 through 7220 of 31829:
- Foster's Exits Asia Brewing, Sells Vietnam, India Ops (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Foster's Group Ltd., Australia's biggest alcoholic drinks company, is selling its brewing businesses in India and Vietnam in deals worth US$225 million, completing its exit from Asia brewing amid a shake-up of its underperforming international beer . . .
- "Germany's Michelangelo", Hitler's Favourite, On Show (Reuters, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Aug 04, 2006)
A naked man with the body of a Greek god, a textbook Aryan face and the haircut of a Nazi foot soldier. A muscular warrior brandishing a massive stone as he prepares for an act of vengeance.
- Bjp, Cpm Join Hands Over Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, PTI, Aug 04, 2006)
In a rare convergence, BJP and CPI(M) joined hands in Rajya Sabha to demand a resolution disapproving certain aspects of the Indo-US nuclear deal that led to noisy scenes and two adjournments of the House.
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- N-Deal Isolates Cong, Brings Left, Right Together (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Congress lurches from crisis to crisis ---- The strong political undercurrent against the arbitrary shifting of "goalposts" by the USA on the nuclear deal erupted into a full blown controversy on Thursday in the Rajya Sabha with the Left joining the . . .
- No Political Untouchability On National Issues: Left (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 04, 2006)
Provoked by the prime ministerial threat that any joint move with the BJP on the issue of a statement or resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal would presage the end of the UPA Government, the Left has decided to make a major shift in its stand.
- Reveal Name Of Mole, Now Bjp Asks Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The BJP on Thursday turned the table on the Congress challenging it to "disclose the names of the moles" who revealed the country's preparations to go for the nuclear tests.
- Shifting The Blame (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Since September 11, 2001, Islam has been demonised.
- Climate Change (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 04, 2006)
The setting up of an electronic facility for incorporation of companies within one hour, much faster than in the United States or in the United Kingdom, is a landmark reform in India’s regulatory procedures.
- India's Spies For All Seasons (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Aug 04, 2006)
My fear about the spy scare - not so much a real scare as exciting gossip that diminishes Mr Jaswant Singh's highly readable memoir A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India - is that it might reinforce what he calls American "reluctance to . . .
- Nda, Cpm United On N-Deal Resolution (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government was isolated in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday as all the parties, including Telugu Desam, AIADMK, Samajwadi Party, CPI(M) and the NDA, pressed for a resolution so that Parliament can "send a message to the United . . .
- Dalal St Tested On Oil Prices, Ecb Rates (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Dalal Street on Thursday withstood the onslaughts of rising oil prices and impending interest rates hike from European Central Bank successfully as it finally ended with a gain of 46.97 points or 0.43 per cent at 10,923.16.
- Charles V Had Gout: Researcher (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
A 450-year-old piece of Charles V’s pinkie lends support to the theory that it was gout that led one of the most powerful rulers of all time to abdicate, Spanish researchers report.
- Tough Choices For Musharraf (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Aug 04, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history.
- Reason To Smile, Still? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 04, 2006)
There is need for Government to be more transparent about what's cooking with the United States on the nuclear deal ----
- Visual Radio: Powerful Interactive Medium (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Aug 04, 2006)
With the possibility of unusual applications, this next generation radio recently debuted in India
- Doha’S Collapse Is Good And Bad (Indian Express, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Aug 04, 2006)
So, countries of the developing world, what would you like to hear first, the good news or the bad news? Actually, in this case, it does not matter. The good news is that the Doha Round of the WTO talks has failed.
- The No Festival Month (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
In Ashada, South Indians refrain from celebrations and indulge in spiritual activities.
- Backing Pm, Sonia Snubs Cpm: Any Resolution On Nuclear Deal . . . (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 04, 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 . . .
- Tattered Truce (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 04, 2006)
Both Sri Lankan military and the LTTE need to revert to talks.
- Pakistan Refusal To Implement Safta With India Has Jeopardised . . . (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 04, 2006)
Says it could have used agreement to access Indian market and increase exports
- Integrating The U.S.-India Circuit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
Newer areas of convergence may be emerging between the two countries.
- 638 Ways To Kill Fidel Castro (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Aug 04, 2006)
The CIA's attempts to bump off the Cuban strongman would put a James Bond novel to shame . . . exploding molluscs, poison pills and hitmen. Once he even offered to shoot himself.
- Uniform Not The Real Issue (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
The Pakistan Air Force's unilateral decision to take over almost 23,000 acres of the country's largest national park comes as no real surprise.
- ‘Oh Fire, Be Thou Cool’ In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Israel pressed the first full day of massive ground and air attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday pushing 8000 troops in the south, besides causing massive destruction of Lebanese infrastructure.
- Nato's Challenge In Afghanistan (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Aug 04, 2006)
Within 24 hours of the transfer of command from the US-led coalition to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in six southern provinces in . . .
- Peace Dam Bursts In Sri Lanka (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 04, 2006)
With the `water war' spilling over, the period of political engagement is over and yet another phase of military confrontation has begun in Sri Lanka. In Colombo, RASHEEDA BHAGAT traces the genesis of the latest conflict and gauges the mood in the . . .
- In A Hole, Over The Mole (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 04, 2006)
BJP leader Jaswant Singh has hardly been in the news in the manner that other colleagues have been, but his role in the mole episode have seen him featuring regularly in newspapers across the country.
- Oic Wants Immediate Ceasefire In Lebanon (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Demands investigation into Israeli violations
Some Muslim nations ready to join UN force
- Wto Must Remodel Entry Norms (Business Line, V. S. Gopalakrishnan, Aug 04, 2006)
It is time the WTO accession procedures were speeded up and simplified.
- Opposition To Us Nuclear Deal Rocks Indian Parliament (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 04, 2006)
India’s Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) was rocked on Thursday with repeated adjournments after the Left parties joined hands with the Opposition Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) to press for a parliamentary resolution on . . .
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2006)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- Security Along Pak-Afghan Border: Pakistan And Us Sign Mou (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Pakistan and the United States on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whereby Washington pledged to provide its key ally in the war on terror US$2.7 million in security and communications equipment to bolster security along the . . .
- Cuba Libre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
Fidel acknowledges mortality. But Cubans need a revolution, not his brother
- Isolated, Congress Consults Allies For Better Coordination (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 03, 2006)
Finding itself isolated in Parliament last week, the Congress leadership, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, have now taken it upon themselves to consult all UPA allies for better . . .
- Us Official’S Visit To Focus On Pakistan Terror Support (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 03, 2006)
The issue of Pakistan’s support to terrorism will come under deep focus this weekend when a key State Department official holds talks here with senior Indian officials.
- Dangerous Medicines (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2006)
Medicines and drug combinations that have been banned globally for their potential for harmful side-effects continue to be available in the Indian market.
- A Crusader For Justice (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Aug 03, 2006)
Dr DC Saxena was a one-man army. A crusader who fought relentlessly for righteousness, even if it meant rubbing the high and mighty the wrong way, inviting trouble for himself.
- Israel “Captures” Five Hezbollah Militants (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Stepping up their ground offensive, Israeli forces today captured five Hezbollah operatives and killed several others in the farthest incursion into Lebanese territory in its three-week-old operation.
- The Elusive Mole (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2006)
In the thriller genre, there is none to beat the spy thriller — the cloak and dagger danger missions, the foreign policy twists and turns, the unmasking of the spy in the last pages of the book, all making for a roller-coaster experience.
- Bsnl To Prioritise Clearing Of List Of Applications (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
100 per cent increase in mobile connections over the past year
Location-based services to provide information through SMS to be made available
Mobile transmission towers will be increased from the current 1,450 to 1,600 in a year
Broadband . . .
- Transparency In Treaty-Making (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2006)
The question whether the power to conclude international treaties should lie within the legislative jurisdiction of India's Parliament or the political executive — one that the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India alluded to . . .
- Unsure Among The Boys (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 03, 2006)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
- Us Prepares Plans For Post-Castro Cuba (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
After waiting nearly half a century for Fidel Castro to relinquish power, Washington is warily monitoring the provisional transition in Havana, confident it has plans in place to assist pro-democracy groups in Cuba and to head off any mass exodus . . .
- Course Change In Global Trade Negotiations (Hindu, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Aug 03, 2006)
India should shift its focus from serving as facilitator or catalyst for an agreement to asserting its solidarity with the developing countries.
- All In The Family (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2006)
Cubans do not seem to know if they should hail it as a model of revolutionary brotherhood. Mr Fidel Castro’s “proclamation” was no surprise to them or to the world.
- Is It Selfish To Want Peace? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2006)
Visaka Dharmadasa was one of the many silent sufferers of the conflict in Sri Lanka till she found out in 2003 that her son, a soldier in the Sri Lankan army, missing since 1998, was actually dead.
- Unsexing The Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2006)
Condoleezza Rice is a woman and she is trying her bit to bring to an end the Israel-Lebanon crisis.
- Internet Failure At Sbi, J&k Bank Irks Customers (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Business activities at the State Bank of India (SBI) and Jammu and Kashmir Bank branches in the Kashmir valley today remained paralysed due to internet failure.
- Gas Hydrates - The Fuel Of The Future (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Aug 03, 2006)
As of today, the world is dependent on oil and coal but these resources are finite and once they are depleted there has to be a different source to meet the increasing global energy needs.
- Cuban Challenge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 03, 2006)
The temporary stepping down from power of Cuban president Fidel Castro, who is in his eighties and undergoing surgery for intestinal bleeding, has prompted speculation about a change of guard.
- Two Parallel Wars (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 03, 2006)
For all their horror at its brutality, commentators have approached the war in Israel and Lebanon with sighs of relief. Whatever their political inclinations, observers and analysts around the world recognise in this war the return of traditional . . .
- Cong Trio Out To Pluck Three Thorns (Telegraph, Monobina Gupta, Aug 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned his Left allies that it will be the “end of the day” for his government if they vote with the BJP for a parliamentary resolution on the nuclear deal.
- ‘Rti Act Is Being Diluted’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Aug 03, 2006)
After he won the coveted award – the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, Mr Arvind Kejriwal, in an exclusive interview with Deccan Herald, laments over systematic efforts of the government to dilute the Right to Information Act.
- Safta Meet To Discuss Pakistan Stand (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 03, 2006)
Islamabad not offering India trading rights under a sensitive list as mandated under SAFTA
- Crisis Deepens In Sri Lanka (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 03, 2006)
As things stand, it appears that only a miracle can prevent Sri Lanka’s ceasefire agreement with the Tamil Tiger rebels from collapsing altogether.
- What Passing Bells For Those Who Die As U.N. Peacekeepers? (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Aug 03, 2006)
The Israeli contempt for U.N. peacekeeping and the deaths of unarmed international observers will make countries much more reluctant to contribute to a bolstered or replacement force.
- Gulbarga Ryot Washed Away (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
A farmer has been washed away in swirling waters in Surpur in Gulbarga district even as the flood situation continued to be grim on the third day on Wednesday with the water level in the Krishna river rising by two feet in the last 24 hours.
- Lebanon War And Us Interests (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 03, 2006)
“The relationship between the US and Israel is like that of a dog and the tail,” remarked an American diplomat in a friendly conversation with me some time ago.
- Refugees' Fury Will Be Felt For Generations To Come (Hindu, Karma Nabulsi, Aug 03, 2006)
People walk the dusty, broken roads in scorching summer heat, taking shelter in the basements of empty buildings.
- Tale To Remember (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 03, 2006)
It should not surprise anyone that a group of Kashmiri militants has surrendered to the Army.
- Nuclear Deal: Government, Parties To Talk About "Sense Of The House" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Government keen to "show the world" that nation is united on issue
- Syria Being Dragged Into Conflict (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 03, 2006)
Israeli forces invaded southern Lebanon villages on Tuesday in a deliberate expansion of offensive amidst pounding towns and villages.
- Illogical, Illegal And Ill-Fated (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 03, 2006)
Continuing with her theme on the pangs of birth of a new Middle East the US Secretary of State aboard her plane en route to Asia tried to downplay the expectations of a quick fix in Lebanon or the Middle East.
- Destruction Of Minds (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The announcement by federal education minister Javed Ashraf Qazi that 'jihad' was being retained in the new curriculum that the government plans to introduce in schools from 2007 to 2009 is a cause of concern.
- Hizbollah’S Greatest Strength Is Lebanese Un (News International, Hamid Mir, Aug 03, 2006)
For three weeks, Hizbollah has successfully withstood the combined might of an Israeli ground offensive, air attacks and bombardment from the sea, upsetting all of Tel Aviv’s calculations.
- Welcome Changes (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The government's intention, as reported recently, to amend the infamous Hudood ordinances in parliament's next session is most. . .
- A Voice Of Sanity (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
Ever since the start of the Israeli attack on Lebanon, Israel and the US have been recklessly defying calls for a ceasefire.
- Jaswant's Woes Continue, Us Distances From Letter (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The woes of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh on alleged mole in PMO issue continued today with the United States distancing itself from a purported letter in which a former Senator was said to have mentioned about the informer and Congress tabling . . .
- India's Concerns On N-Deal Debated At Rood Hearing (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 03, 2006)
India's objections to certain sections in the Senate bill on the Indo-US nuclear deal came up for discussion at the nomination hearing of John Rood, the US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation.
- Manmohan Fights Back, Won’T Bend On N-Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is totally opposed to a resolution of Parliament setting out the parameters for the government to follow on the India-US civilian nuclear energy agreement.
- Global Economic Imbalances — Can Us Continue To Feign Ignorance? (Business Line, Katuri Nageswararao, Aug 03, 2006)
The US may be happy living beyond its means but if it does not correct the imbalances it is causing world-wide, crude oil and other major commodities may soon be invoiced in non-dollar currencies. The rest of the world needs also to watch its step, . . .
- Guarding The Turf From Predatory Professionals (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 03, 2006)
Were you to search for `ICSI' on Google News, it is quite probable that you'd land in `Fit but infertile,' a report dated August 1 on www.dailymail.co.uk.
- A Big Step, A Small Move (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 03, 2006)
The incentive structure for public sector bank CEOs is welcome, but nowhere near enough.
- Don’T Blame Futures Trade (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 03, 2006)
When Sonia Gandhi speaks, the Congress Parliamentary Party is duty-bound to agree. Naturally, the CPP said “amen” when she said that forward trading in wheat had caused inflation and required better regulation. This follows earlier accusations of . . .
- W. Asia War Worsens As Rivals Step Up Raids (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Hizbollah fired more rockets into Israel today than on any other day of the three-week-old war after helicopter-borne commandos attacked guerrilla targets in Israel’s deepest raid into Lebanon.
- Jaswant Faces Privilege Notice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
A day after being pilloried and savaged by an aggressive Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and his Congress colleagues in the Rajya Sabha over his inability to identify the “mole” in the Narasimha Rao PMO, the senior BJP leader, Mr Jaswant . . .
- Bush Under Pressure To Halt Fighting (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
US President, Mr George Bush, is pressing for a United Nations resolution linking a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon with a broader plan for peace in West Asia, despite rising international pressure for a simple . . .
- Emerging From Shadow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 03, 2006)
While sure to preserve Communist dictatorship in Cuba, Raul Castro has indicated greater flexibility in the state-controlled economy, says Anita Snow.
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