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Articles 8021 through 8120 of 31829:
- The Poor Deserve A Slice (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 24, 2006)
One per cent of income from development projects can be distributed to those losing land and habitat as royalty.
- A Clear And Present Danger (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 24, 2006)
What does chicken-feed have to do with global warming? Plenty, if the example of what is happening in Europe is anything to go by. Poultry farmers there feed their birds with Brazilian soya bean – a crop cultivated in the vast tracts of Amazon . . .
- Lebanon: Pakistan’S Timely Initiative (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 24, 2006)
I deference to its consistent policy of help and support to the people in distress, President Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have taken initiative to seek end to the hostilities in Lebanon and announced despatch of relief goods to Beirut . . .
- Wto Talks Slip Deeper Into Crisis, No Breakthrough (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Last ditch talks to keep hopes alive of a global free deal faced a deepening crisis on Monday after trading powers failed to achieve a breakthrough at a marathon first session, diplomats said.
- Power Games In East Asia (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jul 24, 2006)
The North Korean crisis has led to a shifting of equations in the region.
- Power Vision For Pakistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2006)
Water and power are no more synonymous.
- Celebrating Terror, Israeli-Style (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 24, 2006)
If any form of violence that kills innocent people is terrorism as Israel insists then its bombing of the King David hotel was an act of terror which it should condemn rather than celebrate.
- Audit Of Semi-Government Depts (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 24, 2006)
The Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly has directed the Accountant General Pakistan Revenue to submit special committee’s report about the refusal by the autonomous bodies and semi government departments to . . .
- Balochistan Seeks Funds From Centre (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 24, 2006)
Balochistan’s Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf has said that the Provincial Government would seek funds from the Federal Government for the completion of pending uplift schemes . . .
- Left Parties Fire Salvos At Upa Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
With the CPI demanding Labour Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s resignation and the CPM upping its ante on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the UPA Government has once again come under fire from its Left allies....
- Justice Demolished (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jul 24, 2006)
Few of us realise that the issue of illegal constructions and conversions of properties in Delhi is not merely one of civic governance; it extends to a much larger realm of constitutional morality and the way our democracy is functioning in practice.
- Israeli Planes Continue To Pound Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon and Hizbollah rockets crashed into Haifa today as a senior U N official demanded a halt to the violence to allow aid to reach desperate civilians.
- Leader In All Services (Frontline, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jul 24, 2006)
Interview with A.K. Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director.
- Lebanon And The Lessons For Pakistan (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 24, 2006)
Over the last few days, terrorists have severely disrupted — fatally undermined, some argue — the peace processes in South Asia and the Middle East. Unlike Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories, widespread violence has not yet erupted . . .
- Left Lines Up Troops For N-War (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The CPM today launched an initiative to rally all parties, including the BJP, to force the Centre to stand up to Washington’s pressure on the Indo-US civil nuclear energy cooperation deal.
- Diplomacy Races Against Rain Of Rockets (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon and Hizbollah rockets crashed into Haifa on Sunday as diplomatic efforts to end the crisis intensified.
- Saddam Fed By ‘Force’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Saddam Hussein was taken to hospital and given food today after 16 days on hunger strike and will not attend court tomorrow, the chief prosecutor in the former Iraqi leader’s trial for crimes against humanity said.
- Pm Dares Jaswant To Name Us Mole In Rao Pmo (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday dared senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh to name the person who he claimed was a "mole" in the PMO leaking nuclear secrets to the United States during the days of the . . .
- That’S Great But Do We Really Want To Do That? (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 24, 2006)
We always knew we were the best, now here comes confirmation — Shabaash India. Yes, that’s the name of a programme on Zee which celebrates true blue Indians’ special talents for the extraordinary.
- Reality Hits Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 24, 2006)
Security agencies are unable to find a Kashmir link to the Mumbai serial train bombs, unlike the past. The arrests of three suspects — two from Bihar, and a third from Navi . . .
- Stemming Research (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 24, 2006)
US President George W. Bush decries attempts of scientists to play God by conducting human embryonic stem cell research. Yet, ironically, it is he who ends up playing God.
- Reprisals Are Necessary (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 24, 2006)
In the wake of Mumbai bombings, the issue of effective steps against terrorism must be discussed threadbare.
- Forest Rights And Promises (Frontline, Ashish Kothari, Jul 24, 2006)
The revised Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Bill, 2006, has many positive points.
- College Seats, Double Shifts (Indian Express, S S Gill, Jul 24, 2006)
Whether we like it or not, 27 per cent reservations for the OBCs is here to stay. The big question exercising most people is whether we have the infrastructure to accommodate the increased intake.
- N-Deal: Cpm Issues Red Alert (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 24, 2006)
The US civilian nuclear agreement negotiated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with US President George W. Bush has run into a major roadblock, with the CPI(M) coming out in strong opposition to the deal.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 24, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- The Transformation Of Ibm (Hindu, K. Subramanian, Jul 24, 2006)
Change from a primarily hardware company to one led by software and services
- Govt Ignores Kalam Queries (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jul 23, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Saturday decided to return the Office of Profit Bill as it is, refusing to respond to queries raised by President APJ Abdul Kalam.
- Israel Takes Lebanon Town After Clashes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Israel claimed ousting Hezbollah guerillas from a stronghold just inside Lebanon on Saturday after several days of fierce fighting.
- India Becomes Too Arrogant (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2006)
INDIA has spurned Pakistan’s offer to help in investigations into the Mumbai train blasts telling Islamabad to instead clamp down on militants operating from its soil. Pakistan has rejected the Indian ‘rehash of baseless allegations’ with no substance.
- Israeli Build-Up Triggers Mass Exodus From South Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 23, 2006)
America rushing precision-guided bombs to Israel, says report
- Us Troops Shoot Dead Five Civilians In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Seven Shiite workers were gunned down Saturday in a religiously mixed area of west Baghdad, and explosions in the heart of the capital shattered a one-day calm after a ban on private vehicles expired.
- Lebanese Wave White Scarves (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2006)
Israel waged deadly air and artillery strikes against Lebanon for the 10th day on Friday and has amassed its troops, tanks and artillery on the Lebanese border as prelude to a major ground invasion.
- The Boss As Big Brother (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Jul 23, 2006)
On October 30, 2005, CBS’ ‘60 minutes’ programme quoted bio- ethics professor Mark Rothstein on how leading American companies had realised that 5% of employees accounted for 50% of healthcare expenses and cracked down on costs by introducing . . .
- With Washington’S Connivance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2006)
Israel's ground offensive had not begun while these lines were being written, but a pattern of what began 12 days ago is becoming clearer.
- Israel Allows Humanitarian Aid Into Lebanon (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Zeinab Haidar fled her bombed-out home in the back of a pickup truck without a single possession, weaving along mountain roads until she finally reached a pocket of safety.
- Mobile Addiction (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2006)
In the USA, it has reached the level of an obsession but not been acknowledged as an addiction as yet. In India, doctors’ waiting-rooms carry signs advising patients to switch off their mobiles.
- Sea Change (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2006)
India is no stranger to current account deficits, but the latest one is unlike any it may have seen earlier. The major redeeming feature is that it proclaims the rosy expectations of business.
- Can’T India Be Positioned As A Soccer Nation? (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Jul 23, 2006)
Especially, since we are known as a key viewer market of this low-capital, low-entry barrier game
- Big Nation, Timid Response (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 23, 2006)
Hindus need to be more assertive if they want the country to be terror free ----- Contrast Israeli action with the Indian reaction to terrorist attacks from their respective . . .
- Troops Take Control Of Lebanese Village (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Hundreds of Israeli troops moved in and out of Lebanon today, taking control of a village and engaging Hizbollah militants by land, sea and air as part of the country’s limited ground campaign.
- Lashkar-E-Taiba Mastermind Arrested In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Mudasir Gujri planned attacks on tourists, Congress rally
Interrogation reveals hand of Pakistani agencies in training militants
Responsible for attacks on BSF, CRPF bunkers, Army convoys
- No Truth In Jaswant's Assertions: Chaturvedi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Congress leader Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi on Saturday rubbished former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh's claims about an American mole operating in the office of Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, terming them "a bunch of lies" timed to promote . . .
- `Tunda' Disappears (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 23, 2006)
He was deported to `unknown country': Kenyan newspaper
Arrested person is a Nigerian national with a similar name: authorities
It was a case of mistaken identity, they say
- Most Wanted Let Militant Mudasar Gujri Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jul 23, 2006)
Police and intelligence sleuths have finally arrested this year's most wanted militant---Mohammad Rafeeq Sheikh alias Mudasar Gujri alias Raju---from Baramulla. Director General of Police Gopal Sharma has confirmed his arrest and claimed that a . . .
- Suicides Tell No Tale (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 23, 2006)
Suicides have come to be indicators of economic distress.
- Pak Won't Allow India To Quiz Let Leaders: Kasuri (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Pakistan, which has rejected New Delhi's demand to hand over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, has said it will not allow leaders of banned terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed . . .
- Us Panel Goes Gaga Over Nuclear Deal With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
The India-US nuclear deal expected to come up for Congressional approval this week has been hailed by a key panel of the legislature as "perhaps the most important strategic diplomatic initiative" undertaken by the Bush Administration.
- ‘Pentagon Sold Army Equipment To Public’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Undercover government investigators purchased sensitive surplus military equipment such as launcher mounts for shoulder-fired missiles and guided missile radar test sets from a Defence Department contractor.
- The Two Presidents In Adversity (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jul 23, 2006)
Poles apart in many ways, George W. Bush and Pervez Musharraf have at least one thing in common: they are presidents in adversity. Both are under attack at home and abroad and their policies are being denounced by their opponents.
- '1998 N-Tests Turning Point In Indo-Us Ties' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Noted US strategic expert Ashley J Tellis has termed the May 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests conducted by India as the turning point for consolidating New Delhi's position on the global stage as also its relations with Washington.
- 54 Punjabis From Lebanon Reach Home (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Emotional scenes at Rajasansi International Airport, Amritsar
- Indian Demand For Ban ‘Baseless’, Says Jamaat-Ud Dawa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Jamaat-ud Dawa, a Pakistan-based outfit widely regarded as the renamed group of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba, today claimed it has nothing to do with violent incidents in India and termed New Delhi's demand to proscribe it as “baseless”.
- East Asia Summit May Stay As "Strategic" Forum (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 23, 2006)
No plans for immediate expansion: ASEAN official
Several countries interested in joining EAS
Leaders favour "cosy, frank, strategic" discussions
Focus on new initiatives and ideas
- Encourage Pvt Investment In Food Processing Sector (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 23, 2006)
After information technology and bio-technology, Karnataka can emerge as the leader in food processing.Dr V Prakash
- Israel Plans More Incursions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Israel will pursue its war on Hezbollah with more military incursions into south Lebanon but will not unleash a full-scale invasion for the moment, an Israeli army spokesman said on Saturday.
- India’S Pathetic Response To Musharraf (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jul 23, 2006)
In response to President Musharraf’s request for evidence of Pakistani complicity in the Mumbai blasts, the Indian government has demanded
- Left In A Nuke Deal Sulk (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Leftist parties today told the government that it should go by what Parliament said on the Indo-US nuclear deal, even if there was no constitutional provision for international treaties to be ratified in the House.
- Parl Could See First No-Confidence Motion Against Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
With the Mumbai serial blasts and the rise in prices of essential commodities hotting up the political environment, the monsoon session of Parliament beginning tomorrow is expected to be a stormy affair and could see the first no-confidence motion . . .
- Missiles Development And Danger Of Cost Overruns (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 23, 2006)
The unsuccessful launch of the Agni III intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) (July 9) has dismayed DRDO scientists.
- In Amish Country (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Jul 23, 2006)
The bedrock of Amish identity is the primacy of community over the individual.
- Police Say Arrest Man Behind Kashmir Attacks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
A senior member of a Pakistan-based militant group blamed for a series of attacks in the Indian Kashmir, including last week's bombing of tourist vehicles, has been arrested, police said on Saturday.
- Pressure Mounts On Karzai As Afghan Violence Surges (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jul 23, 2006)
The Taliban for now have no chance of defeating Afghanistan's Western-backed government but the insurgency is sapping support for President Hamid Karzai who is facing his most difficult days since coming to power in 2001.
- Sourav’S Salvo (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 23, 2006)
Think of how the partnership began
From the point of view of the august personage who had once ruled global cricket and was now sloshing about in the good, old mulligatawny, it was like Job discovering another boil on his shoulder.
- A Hand-Made Wonder (New Indian Express, Usha Rai, Jul 23, 2006)
Oedipus The King, written, illustrated and produced by Tara Publishing, is a hand-made book. It is a joint publication of Tara and Getty Publications of Malibu, California.
- Patience Key To North Korea Talks, Says Hu (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
President Hu Jintao of China yesterday called on all parties to be patient and restrained and to push forward the six-party talks aimed at making the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free.
- Loud And Misunderstood? (New Indian Express, MARK MAGNIER, Jul 23, 2006)
At a casino hotel in Malaysia’s Genting Highlands last summer, 300-plus members of a Chinese tour group were issued meal coupons with the crude illustrations indicating that they ate pork – unlike most people in that predominantly Muslim country.
- Govt Briefs Congress Leaders On Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, the centre on Saturday briefed key leaders of Congress party on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and other foreign policy initiatives to equip them to face the Opposition which is set to corner the . . .
- Left To Back Office Of Profit Bill In Present Form (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
The Left parties today extended support to the Office of Profit Bill to be tabled in the present form.
- Wrong Medicine Harms 1.5 M In Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the US, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday.
- Monuments Get A New Protector (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
India's rich heritage seems to be in safe hands, finally. The ministry of culture will form a National Heritage Commission, the first of its kind, to conserve about 1.5 lakh unprotected monuments in the country.
- Pak Will Not Allow India To Question (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Pakistan, which has rejected New Delhi's demand to hand over underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, has said it will not allow leaders of banned militant groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed . . .
- Pak Youth Given 30 Years Jail For Trying To Help Al-Qaeda (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
A Pakistani youth, incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay prison till now, was sentenced to 30 years in jail on Friday after being convicted of trying to help an al-Qaeda operative sneak into the United States as a part of a plot to blow up gas stations.
- Ny Gropes In The Dark For Fifth Day (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
A mysterious blackout during the hottest week of the year left tens of thousands of New Yorkers without power in the city's Queens borough for a fifth day as residents sweltered, businesses idled and city officials seethed after the power company . . .
- Stemming Research (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 23, 2006)
US President George W. Bush decries attempts of scientists to play God by conducting human embryonic stem cell research. Yet, ironically, it is he who ends up playing God.
- Reality Hits Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 23, 2006)
Security agencies are unable to find a Kashmir link to the Mumbai serial train bombs, unlike the past.
- Is It An Action Or Reaction? (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jul 23, 2006)
When Zinedine Zidane uses his head as an assault weapon he unknowingly made a point applicable to the world beyond a football field. The picture he made was perfect for TV.
- College Seats, Double Shifts (Indian Express, S S Gill, Jul 23, 2006)
Whether we like it or not, 27 per cent reservations for the OBCs is here to stay. The big question exercising most people is whether we have the infrastructure to accommodate the increased intake.
- Ongc In Talks To Liquefy Sakhalin-1 Gas (Reuters, Unni Krishnan, Jul 22, 2006)
Flagship Indian energy firm Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) is in talks over exporting its share of natural gas from Russia's Sakhalin-1 via Royal Dutch Shell's nearby LNG terminal, an oil ministry official said on Friday.
- Inhuman Sacrifices (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
Islamists have harvested the public outrage against the Srinagar sex scandal.
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