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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 31829:
- Double Harm (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jul 17, 2006)
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath is celebrating the collapse of the Min-Ministerial of the WTO.
- Pakistan’S Politics: Need For Balance (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, Jul 17, 2006)
IT seems that a culture of cynicism and disenchantment has developed in Pakistan over a period of time.
- Any Respite? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 17, 2006)
In the annals of terrorism the week that has just ended would be remembered as one of the cruelest.
- Return To Russia (Statesman, Marianna Belenkaya, Jul 17, 2006)
A State Programme To Tackle The Demographic Problem
The Russian government is making efforts to simplify immigration laws and approve the state programme for providing assistance to voluntary immigration of ethnic Russians from former Soviet republics.
- Leading Smokers Ashtray (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 17, 2006)
Leh across the Himalayas is a part of the State that is presently swarming with tourists of all hues including a large number of foreigners. An exciting feature of the region is its unpredictable weather. This keeps tourists travelling by air always on th
- Radiating Half-Truths (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 17, 2006)
The ‘Doom soon’ generation can heave a big sigh of relief, thanks to the Chernobyl Forum, an international organisation of scientific bodies including UN agencies.
- North Korea 'Totally Rejects' Un Council Vote (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
North Korea ''totally rejects'' the UN Security Council resolution condemning its recent series of missile tests, its UN ambassador said.
- Pak Terror Tap On, No Troop Cut In J-K (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today ruled out any withdrawal of troops from the Jammu and Kashmir border until Pakistan keeps its committment of not allowing terrorists to operate from its soil.
- Pedalling To Konark (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
These days I find I have contracted that tried and tested disease that infects most travellers at one time or another, that of temple fatigue.
- If Exports Must Increase (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 17, 2006)
Exports for the last financial year are now estimated at $16.4 billion against a $17 billion target. Normally, such a shortfall should not be a . . .
- India Develops Vaccine To Fight Bird Flu (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
India has developed a vaccine against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, four months after an outbreak in the country resulted in the cull of tens of thousands of chickens, the agriculture minister said on Sunday.
- Going Under The Knife (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Jul 17, 2006)
The recommendation of the AIIMS governing body (GB) for the dismissal of AIIMS director Venugopal can justifiably be called fraudulent.
- Middle East In Threat Of War (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
The Israeli onslaught on Lebanon, with bombings and missile strikes and the imposition of an air and sea blockade, has brought the Middle East to the brink of all-out war.
- Divided Against Israel As Ever (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 17, 2006)
Israel bombed first Gaza and then Lebanon to punish Hamas and Hizbullah respectively for kidnapping Israeli soldiers, and . . .
- Soft Response To Aids (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Since a South African study indicated that circumcision reduced the rate of HIV infection among men, several African countries hit hard by the disease have moved toward embracing the procedure in the battle against AIDS.
- Iran Says Un Nuclear Referral Not Constructive (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Iran said on Sunday sending its nuclear file back to the UN Security Council undermined prospects for talks over its dispute with the West.
- Three Major Summit Themes — Energy Security, Education, Health (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 17, 2006)
"We would like to see more predictable demand and supply arrangements"
- India To Raise `Concerns Over Certain Aspects' Of Nuclear Deal (Hindu, N. Ram , Jul 17, 2006)
St. Petersburg: When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets President George Bush on Monday morning in St. Petersburg, he will take up his Government's "concerns about certain . . .
- Iran Moves First (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Iran's quarreling and competing leaders finally decided to reject the US-European offer of an energy reactor, aircraft spare parts, economic cooperation and more in exchange for giving up uranium enrichment with which they could make nuclear weapons.
- ‘Ex-Banker Has Terror Link’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
A former employee of an international bank, arrested last month for allegedly siphoning off $420,000 from customer accounts, has links with Pakistan-based militants, the police said on Saturday.
- India And The G8 Circus (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 16, 2006)
Would India want a place at the rickety high table? Must India join a dying directorate?
- Hezbollah Missile Hits Israel Ship (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
A missile fired by Hezbollah, not an unmanned drone laden with explosives, damaged an Israeli warship off Lebanon, the Army said on Saturday.
- Heartfelt And Very Goan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The collection is an eclectic mix of emotional, humourous and descriptive poetry and heralds a fresh new voice.
- Khan Not Alone (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Jul 16, 2006)
Pakistan's latest charm offensive, sculptured to woo civilian nuclear knowhow from the US, includes disowning AQ Khan. But it is impossible that three Prime Ministers and a host of senior generals, including Pervez Musharraf, were unaware of the . . .
- Programme Under Scanner (Pioneer, Vijay Sakhuja, Jul 16, 2006)
Competition for strategic missile superiority hots up in South Asia ---- Having overcome "political and technological" constraints on testing its most ambitious surface-to-surface intercontinental-reach-capable Agni-III missile, India finally . . .
- Bush, Putin Meet Before G8, Wto Deal Falls Through (Pioneer, Reuters, Jul 16, 2006)
US President George W Bush and Russia's Vladimir Putin met before a G8 summit on Saturday, but their meeting was overshadowed by failure to agree on a major bilateral trade deal sought by Russia.
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 16, 2006)
If anyone throws stones at policemen, we will answer them with bullets." That was no Narendra 'Milosevic' Modi defending Gujarat Police for firing that resulted in the death of two Muslims in Vadodara.
- Us Boy Gets Lifer For Killing Indian (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
A teenager in the US state of Alabama has been sentenced to life for murdering an Indian car dealer.
- Lebanon Blames Us Of Cease-Fire Failure (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Lebanon accused the United States of blocking a Security Council statement calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, saying the impotence of the UN's most powerful body sent the wrong signal to small countries and the Arab world.
- Israel Strikes Near Syrian Border (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Israel fired rockets near the Lebanese-Syrian border on Saturday, heightening fears that it could hit Syria, as well as Lebanon, in a campaign to dislodge Syrian-backed Hizbollah fighters from its northern border.
- Mumbai Off Track (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Everytime Mumbai’s suburban local trains are hit, be it by man-made terror or nature’s fury, the metropolis comes to a halt. Parag Rabade reports on the city’s amazing railway network.
- Russia, Us Fail To Reach Wto Accord (Pioneer, PTI, Jul 16, 2006)
Russia and the United States today failed to reach an agreement on Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ahead of the G8 summit beginning here tonight.
- The Greatest Pashtun (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 16, 2006)
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) was without a doubt the greatest political genius the Pashtun people have yet produced. Understanding the political economy of the Pashto/Pakhto speaking peoples, as well as the Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen and . . .
- No Iraq-Type Democracy For Us, Putin Tells Bush (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 16, 2006)
Negotiations for Russia's entry into World Trade Organisation fail
- Agni Dives Into Sea (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jul 16, 2006)
The scientific community in India has probably never suffered a more embarrassing blow than the failure of two successive space-bound vehicles in July when our most ambitious missile, the 3500-km range Agni-III followed by the much trumpeted . . .
- Aftermath Of Mumbai Blasts..... (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 16, 2006)
Nearly 13 years after a serial blast that took 250 lives in the metropolis, Mumbai, the financial capital of India, was rocked on July 11 by seven coordinated attacks within a matter of about 20 minutes on the suburban railway network during the . . .
- Salaam, Namaste? Jullay! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 16, 2006)
How do we greet each other? We say salaam or namaste. Both the expressions come naturally to us in this State.
- Mumbai Blasts An Act Of Cowardice: Aamir Khan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Bringing to the fore the socially conscious individual in him following the massive deaths and destruction caused by last week's Mumbai blasts, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has described the blasts as an act of cowardice.
- Russia Rules Out ‘Crusades’ On Iran N-Issue (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Putin says the UNSC should take a balanced approach on the issue and take into account the interests of Iranian people to develop modern high-tech industries
- Terror In Times Of Political Correctness (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 16, 2006)
It has long been my view that political correctness is dangerous and usually harms those people and ideas it seeks in a muddled liberal fashion to protect.
- Sudden Warmth At St Petersburg (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jul 16, 2006)
The G8 discusses energy security this weekend. Here’s how it could affect temperature readings outside your home
- Key To Mumbai Blasts May Lie Close To Home, Experts Say (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The Mumbai bombings reveal the extent to which India now faces a home-grown threat and confirms the transition of al Qaeda into a global franchise that inspires, but does not direct, attacks around the world.
- Indian Ex-Hsbc Employee Linked To Lashkar (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
A former employee of an international bank, arrested last month for allegedly siphoning off US$420,000 from customer accounts, has links with Pakistan-based militants, Indian police said on Saturday.
- Sectarian Blowback Continues To Inflict Pain On Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 16, 2006)
Allama Hasan Turabi, a leader of Tehrik-e-Jafaria, was killed in Karachi on Friday by a suicide bomber with explosives that resembled those used by another suicide bomber at the Nishtar Park massacre of the Barelvis on April 11. Allama Turabi was . . .
- Allama Hasan Turabi’S Funeral: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Filling stations, a dozen vehicles torched
MMA-called strike shuts down city
- Religion As Identity (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 16, 2006)
Daniel Dennett examines why religion has become such a potent force in recent years.
- Nda, Left Plan To Foil Indian Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jul 16, 2006)
The leftist parties have joined hands with the BJP-led national democratic alliance (NDA) to force the government to pull out from the nuclear deal with the United States.
- We Delivered On Commitments: Saran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 16, 2006)
New Delhi cannot undertake obligations beyond July 18 statement
India should carefully scrutinise binding provisions in bilateral accord with U.S.
Rejects view that separation of civilian, military nuclear facilities would erode strategic deterrent
- Interactive Interplay (Hindu, Sevanti Ninan, Jul 16, 2006)
The function of the media is changing from being about informing and entertaining to being more about channelising feedback.
Other media technologies are also giving a broad swathe of Indians a voice.
- In The Bradman Class (Hindu, GIRIDHAR KHASNIS, Jul 16, 2006)
The mathematical genius who discovered Ramanujan retained an undying interest in the game of cricket.
"Poetry is more valuable than cricket, but Bradman would be a fool if he sacrificed his cricket in order to write second-rate minor poetry (and I . . .
- Rules For A Global Road (Hindu, SHASHI THAROOR, Jul 16, 2006)
That is the paradox of the UN: to be both stage and actor — to devise, agree upon and execute programmes in which all the world's peoples have a stake and all enjoy the opportunity to participate.
- Indian Scientist In Iter Project (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jul 16, 2006)
Cementing India’s position in the International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor (ITER) project that seeks to copy the Sun for producing energy, an Indian nuclear physicist has been appointed a member of the ITER core management team, which will . . .
- Nuclear Energy: Russia, U.S. To Expand India Ties (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 16, 2006)
They announce steps to prevent spread of nuclear weapons
Russia and U.S. welcome India's non-proliferation commitments
The two countries agree to pursue bilateral nuclear cooperation
Setting up of international enrichment centres proposed
- India May Offer Scope On Industry, Not Farm, At Wto (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Jul 16, 2006)
India, one of the lead negotiators for developing nations in stalled world trade talks, may make concessions on market access on industrial goods but will offer little leeway on farm products, trade experts say.
- Scruff Parade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 16, 2006)
Mumbai's disaster non-management ---- Tributes to the 'spirit' of Mumbai and the collective effort of its citizens to help each other and wipe one another's tears in the aftermath of the terrorist mayhem on July 11 miss one important point:
- Bush, Putin For Expanding N-Cooperation With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The United States and Russia on Saturday called for expanding civilian nuclear cooperation with India, lauding non-proliferation obligations undertaken by New Delhi.
- Not The Right Time For Talks With Pakistan: Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 16, 2006)
``It will be futile when killings are taking place''
Pakistan should stand by its January 2004 commitment
Musharraf should be considered accountable
All senior party leaders take part in protest campaign
- Chief Justice Sabharwal Calls For `Law Aptitude Test' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Proposal to streamline process of law students' intake
- Motormen Recall The Day Terror Struck Their Trains (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 16, 2006)
They never knew blasts were synchronised
Co-passengers, train drivers swung into action instantaneously
Reeling under the blast effect, motorman visits religious shrines
- Move To Standardise Computing For Tamil Sms (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Jul 16, 2006)
Forum to release set of recommendations at July 22 conference
- Over The Top (News International, Masood Hasan, Jul 16, 2006)
Why are people outraged so easily in Pakistan? Is it that they are still shocked when they see rules flouted?
- Bush, Putin Urge End To Me Violence, Clash O (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
US President George W Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin appealed on Saturday for an end to the raging violence in the Middle East, but clashed on democracy in talks here and failed to clinch a key trade deal.
- Pakistan's Stand (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 16, 2006)
One thing Israel's brutal reinvasion of the Gaza Strip and all-out attack on Lebanon have done is to alienate it from the international community, with the United States virtually the sole country supporting the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
- Suicide Bombing In Karachi (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 16, 2006)
Once again Karachi has been hit by a cowardly suicide bombing, which has taken the life of Allama Hasan Turabi, a central leader of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the Shia Ulema Council as well as the Sindh chief of the Tehrik-i-Islami.
- Blaming It On The Media (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 16, 2006)
In the wake of the gloom that had set in with the Fokker crash in Multan on Monday and the disquiet that was prompted by bomb blasts in Mumbai on Tuesday, we remain perturbed by Israel's brutal attack on Lebanon.
- Selling Point (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Jul 16, 2006)
Huge wealth can come from snow and gravity. Put people on top of mountain slopes, they ski down in a rush of exhilaration, put them back on top, and you have a skiing industry that generates billions of dollars worldwide.
- Waris Ahluwalia (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
A jewellery designer-turned-actor, he stars in the latest Spike Lee and Wes Anderson movies, alongside luminaries such as Denzel Washington, Bill Murray and Anjelica Huston.
- Capital Suggestion (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 16, 2006)
In 2004-05, Pakistan's GDP grew by a wholesome 8.4 per cent -- its highest level in 20 years. In the past 58 years, there have only been five fiscal periods where our GDP growth matched or exceeded eight per cent.
- Show Evidence Of Our Involvement, Say Pakistanis (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 16, 2006)
"The basic framework of the peace process is good and may survive this crisis"
Pakistanis feel the two countries have missed the peace boat once again
"India using blasts as a pretext for not discussing the serious business of tackling disputes"
- Bush, Putin Laud India’S Nuclear Obligations (Tribune, Vinay Shukla, Jul 16, 2006)
Lauding the “important” non-proliferation obligations undertaken by New Delhi, the leaders of the United States and Russia today agreed to work “actively” with India in the field of civilian nuclear cooperation to meet its energy requirements.
- Sangh Parivar’S Bombay Dreams (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 16, 2006)
The Sangh Parivar seems to have taken the plunge. A plunge that most people thought they would take — sooner or later. By choosing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as their main mascot for the BJP’s anti-terror march in Mumbai, the Sangh Parivar . . .
- Ringing In The Old (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 16, 2006)
Security bureaucrats want to bring back the licence raj. So who’s going to invest in India?
- On Pil, Sc Tells Courts To Act Against ‘False Crusaders’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Making clear its annoyance at the misuse of PILs, the Supreme Court has said that imposters and busybodies masquerading as ‘‘crusaders of justice’’ should be dealt with in a ruthless manner.
- Blasts Probe Gains Momentum (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jul 16, 2006)
Three days after the Mumbai blasts, Tripura police have picked up 11 Muslim youth, all hailing from Maharashtra, from a madarsa in a village bordering Bangladesh on suspicion of having terror links.
- Bush, Putin Laud India’S Non-Proliferation Efforts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Lauding the “important” non-proliferation obligations undertaken by New Delhi, the leaders of the United States and Russia on Saturday agreed to work “actively” with India in the field of civilian nuclear cooperation to meet its energy requirements.
- Sc Concerned Over Social Strife, Efficacy Of Laws (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 16, 2006)
The timing could not have been better. With increasing social strife and violence threatening to rip apart the society, the Supreme Court has posed a question on the very ability of laws as a tool to better human relations.
- Key To Mumbai Blasts May Lie Close To Home, Say Experts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The Mumbai bombings reveal the extent to which India now faces a home-grown threat and confirms the transition of al Qaeda into a global franchise that inspires, but does not direct, attacks around the world.
- Forces Launch Intensive Hunt For Unlf Insurgents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
International border along Manipur sealed off
Police say UNLF insurgents sneaked into Moreh from Myanmar
Manipur People's Army, UNLF's military wing, claims responsibility for killing
Indian traders and shoppers in Namphalong and Tamu, Myanmar . . .
- Sudden Warmth At St Petersburg (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jul 15, 2006)
The G8 discusses energy security this weekend. Here’s how it could affect temperature readings outside your home
- Beyond Eelam And Tigers (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Jul 15, 2006)
Truly trite, by now, is the crack about the “Tigers” not changing their stripes. The past few weeks have revealed the more notable fact that political opinion in Tamil Nadu remains unchanged and predominantly indifferent to their fate.
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