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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 31829:
- D-Property Targetted (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Seven illegal arcades in the Sara-Sahara shopping complex, widely believed to be owned by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, were demolished on Saturday, weeks after the Supreme Court ruled against them.
- Wto Talks Suspended Over Agricultural Tariffs (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 30, 2006)
The collapse of the Doha Round of WTO talks does not spell disaster for India.
- Capitalist Mind, Socialist Heart (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
A freewheeling chat with N.R. Narayana Murthy about his company and life after Infosys.
- Nirmala Deshpande: A Gandhian To The Core (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 30, 2006)
It is hard to believe but it is true. Noted Gandhian, Nirmala Deshpande, now a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, has been accused of holding office of profit, according to a news agency report.
- Night Of The Empire (OutLook, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 30, 2006)
Bush's foreign policy manual will yield a Hobbesian dystopia
- In A Glass Of Its Own (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Vinaya Kumar takes a trip through the Kanch Mandir of Indore and tells the story behind this unique work of glass.
- Past Housing Present (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
A slice from history, Berlin’s Bundestag still holds its old world charm even as it reflects the marvels of modern architecture. Abha Sharma reports.
- The Mole And The Fox (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 30, 2006)
Did someone in Rao’s PMO leak nuclear secrets to the US? Or were Americans told what Rao wanted them to hear?
- Newest War In West Asia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
A Lebanese man flashes victory signs near the wreckage of the apartment building that was hit by Israeli air strikes in southern Beirut.
- N-Deal: Cpm Wages Lone Battle For A Resolution (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jul 30, 2006)
The move of the CPI(M) and some smaller parties to put the government on the mat by moving a ‘‘sense of Parliament’’ resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal has lost steam. No major UPA partner seems interested.
- N Korea Threatens To Quit Asean (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
North Korea has said it could quit the Associaton of South East Asian Nations if the organisation condemns the Communist regime’s missile tests, a South Korean official said on Friday.
- Roll Call Of Dishonour (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. Accusations to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Bush Clears The Way For Corporate Domination (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
When George W. Bush says that he wants to spread freedom to every corner of the earth, he means it.
- Pakistan Says Nuclear Site ‘Safe In Our Hands’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Ahmad Kasuri said on Friday that a powerful new nuclear reactor under construction was “safe in our hands” and would not spark an arms race with rival India.
- Lebanon: Why No Street Protests? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
The entire world is shaken by the brutality of the Israeli assault on Lebanon.
- Government Not Interested In Truth (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
The Memorandum of Action Taken Report by the Home Ministry over the 600-plus page report submitted by a reputed former judge of the Supreme Court is plainly arbitrary.
- Me States To Buy $4.6bn Arms From Washington (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
The Bush administration spelled out plans on Friday to sell $4.6 billion of arms to moderate Arab states, including battle tanks worth $2.9 billion to protect critical Saudi infrastructure.
- Democrats Seek Probe Over Delayed Report: Us-India Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Democratic lawmakers on Friday requested an investigation into why the State Department delayed word of sanctions on two Indian companies for Iran-related dealings until after the US House of Representatives approved a nuclear agreement with New Delhi.
- Threats To Iran, Syria (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
America and Britain still do not see the need for a ceasefire in the Middle East, even though the whole world wants an end to the hostilities immediately.
- Transatlantic Tensions Over Lebanon (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jul 30, 2006)
IT looks set to be an autumn of transatlantic discord.
- Friends And Sycophants (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jul 30, 2006)
IN the midst of hardening political stands, an advisory for conciliation and compromise issued by a group of assorted but prominent citizens comes as a whiff of fresh air. But, perhaps, it is likely to remain just a whiff.
- A Flawed Proposal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
The Bush administration’s draft bill to authorise military tribunals to try accused terrorists, which was leaked in Washington this week, is still evidently a work in progress. It nevertheless illuminates the administration’s thinking about how to . . .
- Letters To The Editor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
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- While Talking West Asia, Watch North Korea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 30, 2006)
The fires of West Asia must not be allowed to distract the world’s attention from the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, which it demonstrated by its recent test of a long-range missile.
- White House To Hill: Delink N-Deal From India-Iran Ties (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 30, 2006)
As the Left and Right here object to the prospect of the US shifting the nuclear goalposts, the Bush Administration has underlined its own interests in resisting any attempt by the American Congress to reframe the bilateral nuclear agreement with India.
- Chavez Says Venezuela Could Export Guns (Statesman, Editorial, Asian Times, Jul 30, 2006)
Venezuela could eventually export guns and ammunition to Bolivia and other allies once it opens a factory to make Kalashnikov rifles, President Mr Hugo Chavez said during a tour of West Asia.
- Sino-Indian Ties: (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Jul 30, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent back-to-back visit to Japan and China and reopening of Nathu La trade route between India and China are watershed developments in Sino-India relations.
- India, Pakistan Seek To Keep Peace Process Alive (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jul 30, 2006)
India and Pakistan resume a badly bruised peace process this week, hoping that the dialogue does not collapse because of bomb attacks in Mumbai blamed on Islamic militants.
- Talking Aimlessly (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 30, 2006)
IT is a damning censure on the emptiness of social life of pomp and show at a ritual dinner party, "where time flies amidst emptiness" and one returns home to "retake possession of our being and our home" and "put ourselves under strict arrest . . .
- Cbms: City Blasting Measures? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
Does it matter whether the USA or Boucher believe the evidence our agencies have gathered on Pakistanis' involvement in the bomb blasts and other terrorist activities? What steps is the NSA going to take (or advise) against Pakistan in the light . . .
- Scientists Shut Out, Pmo Thinks It’S Know-All (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
“We need to take some risks and if out of 10 rocket launches two fail, that is ok and we can learn from it.” Dr P K Iyengar former chairman Atomic Energy . . .
- A Never-Ending Saga Of Violence (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jul 30, 2006)
Disproportionate is the general verdict on what Israel is doing in Lebanon but what exactly is a “proportionate” reaction to the “abduction” of two Israeli soldiers?
- Role Of Intelligence Agencies (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 30, 2006)
The “agencies” may be doing some good work of which little is known beyond their own walls, but they have gained notoriety for messing up the country’s political system, and for gross violations of human rights.
- Tulum: Paradise By The Sea (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
The three levels found in the Temple of the Frescoes in Tulum, Mexico, symbolise the three realms of the Mayan universe: underworld of the dead, middle level of the living and finally heaven, where the gods lived in paradise,writes K V Krishnan
- Nuclear Deal: Bush Administration To Work With Congress, (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
This is the text of the U.S. Statement of Administration Policy on the nuclear cooperation Bill:
- Iranian Trail To Pakistan (OutLook, B. Raman , Jul 30, 2006)
That the the two arrested for suspected role in terror attacks on Mumbai clandestinely travelled to Pakistan through Iran to undergo a training course in a jihadi training camp, putting the Iran angle under the scanner.
- Jehadi Outlook (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 30, 2006)
In Somalia this year, the United States made the very same mistake, in sheer opportunism, that it made two decades ago in Afghanistan with grave consequences.0
- Shunglu Panel Findings On Narmada Dam Displaced Questioned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
It did not take into account submissions made by the NBA on rehabilitation
Concerns over Manmohan's role in endorsing report
Shift from land-for-land to cash compensation under Special Relief Package questioned
- The Mole And The Fox (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 29, 2006)
Be it New Delhi or New York, I am no early riser. So it is never welcome when the phone rings at 6 am, as it did at Manhattan’s (then) Taj Group Lexington Hotel in the fall of 1997.
- The ‘Classified’ Matrimonial Ads (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Jul 29, 2006)
The columns are now neatly separated into religion, caste and sub-castes.
- Us Denies Supporting War (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Jul 29, 2006)
The suggestion that the Rome conference on the Middle East gave Israel the green light to pursue its offensive in Lebanon is "outrageous," a senior State Department official has said.
- Bank Staff Strike Over New Payment Service (Reuters, M.C. Govardhana Rangan, Jul 29, 2006)
Half a million workers at state-run banks stayed at home on Friday to protest against a planned electronic cheque-clearing system they fear will cost jobs, denting bond trade.
- Sacred Serpent (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Wherever nature is revered as self-moving, and so inherently divine, the serpent is revered as symbolic of its divine life.
- Scotch For Secrets (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 29, 2006)
On returning to London from Delhi, one of the two British journalists covering the Congress’s 1968 split who were refused government accreditation told me that the official snub meant nothing in professional or personal terms.
- Goalposts Shifted? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 29, 2006)
The Bill seems to have created more unease than jubilation
- A Bollywood Beat Steeped In Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 29, 2006)
Salsa had its time in the sun. And it doesn’t seem so long ago that every other club had a weekly swing dancing night. Even Irish step dancing had its moment, what with “Riverdance’’ and that shirtless Flatley guy and all. Now, if Priya Pandya’s . . .
- The Meek Shall Never Inherit The Earth (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Jul 29, 2006)
In a crowded marketplace full of fiercely competing traders, it is never easy to attract the attention of potential buyers, unless you have enough lung power to be heard above the din.
- Scavengers, Bhangis Or Cleaners? (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Jul 29, 2006)
A lot of my current work is in small towns and villages.
- Say You Like It (Business Standard, Kishore Singh, Jul 29, 2006)
To see her, you wouldn’t think my wife was competitive, but ever since her nephew and niece have come to visit, the demons of some long-past rivalry have been unleashed in our home. Recent exportees to the United States of America, the children . . .
- Branded Steel; Go For Value-Added Products (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 29, 2006)
They make eau de cologne, we make perfume”— Guy Dolle, the erstwhile CEO of Arcelor famously said while trying to thwart Mittal Steel’s ambitious takeover bid.
- Business Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2006)
Industry’s report on quotas has an important message: social uplift via entreprenuership
- While Talking West Asia, Watch North Korea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2006)
The fires of West Asia must not be allowed to distract the world’s attention from the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, which it demonstrated by its recent test of a long-range missile.
- Bush Seconds Prime Minister's Concern On Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Jul 29, 2006)
Amid the clamour against the India-US nuclear deal on both sides of the Atlantic, two men - George Bush and Manmohan Singh - are singing from the same sheet of music.
- N Korea Threatens To Quit Asean (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
North Korea has said it could quit the Associaton of South East Asian Nations if the organisation condemns the Communist regime’s missile tests, a South Korean official said on Friday.
- Nuclear Bridge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 29, 2006)
A computer virus attaches itself to the body of a foreign object and causes it to self-destruct. That's one way of looking at "killer amendments" tacked on by opponents of the Indo-US nuclear pact in US Congress, who know they don't have the numbers . . .
- Has Wto Lost Its Meaning? (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Jul 29, 2006)
Collapse of the Doha Round
The bottomline is that countries should follow unilateral trade policies suited to their own domestic needs but within the framework of the changing international trade . . .
- New Lease Of Life At Last For Priyadarshini Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
CBI appeal against acquittal of rape and murder accused admitted by High Court after 6 years
- Thousands Of Civilians Are In Danger Of Being Trapped (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 29, 2006)
As Israel steps up air raids, people rushing towards Christian dominated villages
- Left Chickens Out Of N-Deal Resolution (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jul 29, 2006)
After blowing hot for days, the Left on Friday buckled under Congress pressure and backed out of moving an all-party resolution on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, provoking the BJP to accuse it of "betraying the nation."
- Only Hizbollah Can Defend Against Israel (News International, Jonathan Steele, Jul 29, 2006)
A rally of well-dressed middle-class ladies, perhaps 40 in all, protested outside the UN's offices here on July 26, calling for a ceasefire. Representing the Lebanese Council of Women, they handed out leaflets appealing to Kofi Annan to get something . .
- Shahi Imam Denounces Israeli Attack On Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Appeals for support from Muslim organisations
- Oil Falls As U.S. Takes Step To End Mideast War (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Oil prices fell more than a dollar on Friday as the United States and Britain sped up diplomacy for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting a 17-day war between Israel and Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas.
- India 125th Happiest Country: Study (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
India is the 125th happiest country in the world, a world map of happiness prepared by a British scientist claimed today.
- Beware The `New Order' Israel Is Imposing (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 29, 2006)
No peace or stability can emerge in West Asia through occupation, subjugation, and the military slaughter of civilians.
- Russia As Energy Superpower (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 29, 2006)
Moscow plans an ambitious expansion of its nuclear energy sector.
- Only Hizbollah Can Fight Israeli Invasion (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jul 29, 2006)
Attempts to impose an international force would risk destroying Lebanon's government and revive the danger of civil war.
- 'Fly As A Guest, Not Passenger' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 29, 2006)
Etihad Airways, based in Abu Dhabi, is the National Airlines of the United Arab Emirates. Launched in 2003, it is arguably one of the fastest growing international airlines. Geert W Boven, CEO of the airline, spoke on Etihad’s vision and future plans.
- India Losing Out On N-Deal (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 29, 2006)
In principle I am against the bomb. When India exploded it, I paraded on the streets of Delhi, along with 5,000 people, to register my protest.
- In A World Of Wealth, Poverty Is A Necessity (Hindu, Jeremy Seabrook, Jul 29, 2006)
Forget Doha — the existing development model robs the poor of a meaningful role in the relief of their own penury.
- Failed Trade Talks Usher In Uncertainty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 29, 2006)
So now it’s official: Global talks to lower trade barriers are ``suspended,’’ perhaps never to resume.
- How The Left Learnt To Love Our Bombs (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 29, 2006)
Remember a time when you associated communists, at least of the internationalist variety like those in India, with being against nuclear weapons.
- N-Deal: Cpm Wages Lone Battle For A Resolution (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jul 29, 2006)
The move of the CPI(M) and some smaller parties to put the government on the mat by moving a ‘‘sense of Parliament’’ resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal has lost steam. No major UPA partner seems interested.
- Lashkar’S Mumbai Chief Walked Out Of Home 5 Yrs Ago, Family Clueless (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Police are yet to pin down the role of alleged Mumbai LeT chief Faizal Ataur Rehman Sheikh (30) in the serial blasts of Terrible Tuesday, but a bizarre coincidence has added another twist to the case—the chairman of the housing society where . . .
- Al-Qaeda's Concerns For Muslims Hypocritical: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
The White House said on Thursday that it was "not surprised" by Al-Qaeda second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri's threats against Israel but that his stated concerns about Muslims were hypocritical.
- Beware Of Priests (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 29, 2006)
Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but the stink of scandal is unfortunately spreading in places of worship and among godmen.
- Services Chiefs Get More Financial Teeth (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jul 29, 2006)
In a major step that would facilitate the decision-making at the Services Headquarters-level and also provide greater flexibility, the Union Government has enhanced financial powers of the chiefs of the Armed Forces increasing their sanctioning . . .
- Probe Sought On Delayed U.S. Report On India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Democratic lawmakers on Friday requested an investigation into why the State Department delayed word of sanctions on two Indian companies for Iran-related dealings until after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a nuclear agreement with New Delhi.
- What Ails Peace In The Middle-East (Daily Excelsior, Predhuman K. Joseph Dhar, Jul 29, 2006)
Middle East is again on fire The Arabs and the Israelites are holding on to their respective stands and are, therefore, in no mood to come to a negotiated settlement to the vexed problem. World peace is at stake. There is no doubt about that.
- Nepal Rebels Extend Ceasefire By Three Months (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jul 29, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels extended their ceasefire by three months on Friday in a bid to support peace talks aimed at ending a decade-old insurgency that has killed thousands.
- Killer Claims Responsibility For 48 Slayings Across Us (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
A man serving a life sentence in Colorado for murdering a teenage girl has claimed responsibility for as many as 49 slayings, dating back more than three decades to a slaying in South Korea and continuing across America, authorities said.
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