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Articles 8521 through 8620 of 31829:
- Bjp Demands Sacking Of Arjun Singh, A.R. Antulay (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
For statements reportedly made in Cabinet meeting
Mulayam trying to defend the indefensible SIMI
Series of protest demonstrations in State capitals against the government handling of the problem of terrorism
- Trade On Human Terms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2006)
The Asia-Pacific region is at the forefront of globalisation – with some of the world’s fastest rates of growth in international trade.
- Eye For An Eye (Times of India, RONOJOY SEN, Jul 15, 2006)
What incensed Zinedine Zidane so much that he decided to butt into the chest of Italian defender Marco Materazzi? No one really knows the answer except Zidane and Materazzi themselves.
- India To Pay A Price For Nuclear Test: Saran (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jul 15, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today cautioned that India would have to pay a price if it were to break the moratorium on further nuclear tests.
- Cong, Left Join Hands To Face Bjp Attack Over Tuesday's Blasts (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jul 15, 2006)
The Mumbai blasts seem to have placed the Congress and its allies in a tight spot. The party leaders are worried on how to face the Opposition onslaught on the issue in the ensuing Monsoon session of Parliament.
- Us Surveillance Interests Army (Asian Age, Sridhar Kumaraswami, Jul 15, 2006)
American undersecretary for defence (acquisitions and logistics) Kenneth J. Krieg, accompanied by US ambassador to India David C. Mulford, met defence minister Pranab Mukherjee in the capital on Friday.
- Khan Not Alone (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Jul 15, 2006)
Pakistan's latest charm offensive, sculptured to woo civilian nuclear knowhow from the US, includes disowning AQ Khan.
- Rs. 1,000 Crore More Allocated For Tufs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Union Finance Ministry bows to demands from textile industry to extend scheme
Amount sanctioned for the current financial year
Finance Ministry had issued circular scrapping scheme
Textile industry wanted it extended till March 31, 2010
- A Disquieting Prospect (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 15, 2006)
Preventing death and injury on the road is a policy objective that is becoming more and more critical universally.
- Russia Stands Firm Ahead Of G8 Summit (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 15, 2006)
Moscow's message to the West is that resurgent Russia will no longer tolerate being treated as the Cold War loser.
- Sangh Parivar’S Bombay Dreams (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 15, 2006)
The Sangh Parivar seems to have taken the plunge. A plunge that most people thought they would take — sooner or later.
- Israel Blockades Lebanon; Wide Strikes By Hezbollah (Deccan Herald, HASSAN M FATTAH, Jul 15, 2006)
A day after cross-border raids by Hezbollah fighters brought Israeli troops into Lebanon in force for the first time in six years, Israel sent punishing airstrikes deeper into the country, hitting all three runways at the Beirut airport, two . . .
- India Must Brace For ‘Noises’ (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Jul 15, 2006)
Foreign secretary Shyam Saran on Friday conceded New Delhi, which is waiting for the text of the final legislation after the US House and Senate have voted, will have to brace up for some disconcerting noises from Washington as Congress is likely . . .
- Programme Under Scanner (Pioneer, Vijay Sakhuja, Jul 15, 2006)
Competition for strategic missile superiority hots up in South Asia . . .
- Israel Ratchets Up Lebanon Campaign (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 15, 2006)
Bombing of Beirut-Damascus highway threatens to draw Syria into the escalating conflict
- Democracy's Long Haul (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 15, 2006)
In 1848 a democratic revolution swept across Europe, and then promptly collapsed. Thousands of protesters were killed in the streets.
- Strategic Realignments (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 15, 2006)
Pakistan is moving closer to China in the wake of the emerging Indo-US strategic partnership
- Ringing In The Old (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 15, 2006)
Security bureaucrats want to bring back the licence raj. So who’s going to invest in India?
- India And The G8 Circus (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 15, 2006)
I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member,” the American comedian, Groucho Marx, had said famously. And only half-facetiously.
- Israel Mounts Strikes On Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Providence Journal, Jul 15, 2006)
ISRAEL blockaded Lebanese ports and struck Beirut Airport and two military airbases on Thursday expanding its aggression that has killed 53 civilians in Lebanon.
- West’S Carrots For Iran Include Research Reactors (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
A package of incentives offered to Iran if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment has been released for the first time and revealed that world powers are prepared to provide Tehran with advanced technology and possibly even nuclear research reactors.
- When The Army Strayed Into Tibet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2006)
Tibet, the Roof-of-the World and Lhasa, the forbidden city have held special fascination for travel-adventurers and missionaries for a few hundred years past. Rugged terrain, in-hospitable, high altitude climate and primitive communications combined . . .
- Striking Stupidity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 15, 2006)
Israel should get to the negotiating table
- Security Tight For Karachi Burial (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The funeral of a prominent Shia cleric who was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi has begun under tight security.
- Spotlight: India Slowly Opens To The World (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
It is interesting to sit across from a bespectacled, 64-year-old bureaucrat who inspires lust in foreign bankers - or, to be more accurate, who supervises banks in India that inspire foreigners with an ownership urge
- Malaysia Drive To Deport Migrants (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Malaysia will launch a new operation to deport an estimated 500,000 illegal migrants from the country.
- It Makes No Sense To React To This Bomb By Doing Nothing (Guardian (UK), Jonathan Steele, Jul 15, 2006)
After New York's 9/11 and London's 7/7, Mumbai has its 26/7. No, I have not made a mistake.
- 'We Are Ready For An Open War' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Hizbullah threatened "open war" last night as Israel ramped up its attacks on Lebanon, bombing roads and bridges in the centre of Beirut and warning that its fight would last until the militant group was . . .
- Peace In Kashmir Is Vital (Guardian (UK), Jonathan Steele, Jul 15, 2006)
Mumbai has suffered vast and sudden death before, but this atttack can't be ignored. Peace in Kashmir . . .
- Tsunami Relief Swept Locals Aside (Guardian (UK), Jeevan Vasagar, Jul 15, 2006)
Western aid agencies "brushed aside" the work of local community groups in a rush to spend the record-breaking donations raised after the Indian Ocean tsunami, according to a report published yesterday.
- Former Cia Agent Valerie Plame Sues Us Vice President (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Former undercover operative of the Central Intelligence Agency Valerie Plame and her husband have sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his one time Chief of Staff I Lewis 'Scooter' Libby and top Presidential aide Karl Rove for conspiring to expose her . . .
- Israel Ramps Up Pressure In Lebanon (Guardian (UK), HASSAN M FATTAH, Jul 15, 2006)
Israel extended punishing airstrikes deeper inside Lebanon on Friday, as President George W. Bush rebuffed a Lebanese request that he push Israel for a cease-fire.
- Hundreds Protest In Kashmir Over Attacks On Tourists (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Hundreds of hotel and restaurant owners shouting "tourists are our guests, don't kill them" protested in Kashmir on Friday against a series of recent attacks in which a dozen visitors died, police said.
- Stock Sale By Rosneft Gives Putin Upper Hand (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, raised $10.4 billion Friday in the sixth-largest initial public offering ever, partly by selling back to international investors oil assets that were effectively nationalized 19 . . .
- Israeli Planes Strike Lebanon, 23 Reported Dead; Bush Blames Hezbollah (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces killed 41 insurgents during offensives in central and southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said today.
In the most recent operation, 10 rebels were killed early today when coalition forces attacked enemy targets in the
- Russia's Bid To Win U.S.'S Agreement On Wto Stalls Over Pork, Beef Imports (Bloomberg.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner and Carlos Ghosn, chief of Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co., said their companies will take about 90 days to review potential benefits of a three-way alliance.
- Al Qaeda, American Style (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
JUST before the first anniversary of the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people, Al Qaeda released a video that reflects a significant change in how it operates: terrorism is being brought home.
- U.S.-Korean Drama Continues (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
How come so few people seem to appreciate the artful histrionics in North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's decision to test-fire not one but a bevy of bottle rockets (which they surely are compared to the U.S. arsenal) into the Sea of Japan on the very . . .
- Israel's Invasion, Syria's War (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Israel's incursion into Lebanon after the kidnapping on Wednesday of two Israeli soldiers by the militant group Hezbollah is far more than another flare-up on a tense border.
- Other Views: Daily Star, Times Of India, Asahi Shimbun (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Lebanon's worst fears
- Oil-Rich Brunei Must Diversify, Sultan Says In Birthday Speech (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah used his birthday speech on Saturday to call for economic diversification to ensure continued prosperity in the tiny oil-rich . . .
- U.S.-South Korea Talks End Early (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
U.S. and South Korean officials negotiating for a free trade agreement canceled the final day of five-day talks in a dispute Friday over Seoul's new drug-pricing system, which Washington says discriminates against American pharmaceutical . . .
- Israel Vowing To Rout Hezbollah (New York Times, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jul 15, 2006)
The face-off between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated sharply on Friday as jets hit its Beirut headquarters and southern strongholds and Israeli news reports said that a Hezbollah guided missile struck an Israeli naval vessel, causing sev
- Radical Shiite Cleric Hints At Militia Attacks To Protest Israel’S Actions (New York Times, Edward Wong, Jul 15, 2006)
The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr said Friday that Iraqis would not “sit by with folded hands” while Israel struck at Lebanon, signaling a possible increase in attacks from his mercurial militia, the Mahdi Army
- India’S Prime Minister Scolds Pakistan (New York Times, Somini Sengupta , Jul 15, 2006)
The Indian prime minister scolded Pakistan on Friday, saying its failure to rein in terrorism was threatening the peace process, his toughest remarks yet since the Mumbai train bombings and a marked shift in relations between the countries.
- U.S. And Russia Will Police Nuclear Terrorists (New York Times, DAVID E. SANGER, Jul 15, 2006)
President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday will announce a new global program to track potential nuclear terrorists, detect and lock up bomb-making materials and coordinate their responses if terrorists obtain a weapon, . . .
- Keep Eyes Fixed On Your Variable-Rate Mortgage (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The raising of interest rates on millions of adjustable rate mortgages over the next several years has all the makings of a classic horror story.
- It’S Air Show Time, But Airbus May Not Want The Spotlight (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
No matter where it goes, the Airbus A380, a double-decker superjumbo jet so big that it has been called the Whale, turns heads. As the world’s leaders in aviation gather at the Farnborough International Airshow, which opens Monday about 30 miles southwest
- After Mumbai (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The caller to an Indian news agency who praised Tuesday's bombings of Mumbai commuter trains in the name of an Al Qaeda branch in Kashmir might have been an impostor. But there is no denying that elements of Tuesday's bombings of commuter trains in Mumbai
- Oil Sets Record On Supply Jitters (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Crude oil rose past $78 a barrel Friday for the first time as concern mounted over escalating violence in the Middle East, the source of 30 percent of the world's oil.
- China's Art Of The Deal (International Herald Tribune, HEATHER TIMMONS, Jul 15, 2006)
China Mobile Communications' planned purchase of Millicom International Cellular of Luxembourg was such a sure thing that invitations had already been issued for a party in China to . . .
- Us, Russia Fail To Seal Wto Deal At G8 Summit (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Russia and the United States have so far failed to seal a deal enabling Moscow to join the WTO but are continuing the negotiate an accord, US President George W. Bush said here on Saturday.
- Bush Resists Pressure On Israel (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
President Bush refused to press Israel for a cease-fire in Middle East violence yesterday, risking a wider breach with world leaders at a weekend summit already confronting crises with Iran and North Korea.
- Cec’S Right Stand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2006)
It is unfortunate that it should take the Chief Election Commissioner to remind Gen Pervez Musharraf of something very . . .
- Light On Sound (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The first thing you notice about people in Kolkata is that they talk at the top of their voices. It can be puzzling if you are a visitor.
- 'Mumbai Blasts And The Peace Process' (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The tragic bomb attacks on Mumbai on July 11, and to a lesser degree the targeted killings of tourists in Srinagar the same day, seem to have pushed the ongoing peace process between India and Pakistan dangerously close to the precipice.
- Iraq's Helpless Government (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Once again, Iraqis fear their country may be slipping toward civil war as a particularly gruesome and deadly series of sectarian massacres and countermassacres spins out of control with the country's new national unity government looking on almost . . .
- Vadodara To Bhiwandi (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 15, 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.
- Scruff Parade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 15, 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:
- Pakistan Decries India ‘Terror Propaganda’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Pakistan on Friday denied allegations made by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that blasts in Mumbai were carried out by terrorists with support from across the border.
- Indian Women Take A Stand Against Harassment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
We are in an environment where every girl has to protect herself in a public space. Women are made to feel that they are asking for it’
- Manmohan Points Finger At Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned the peace process with Pakistan could be hit by the Mumbai train bombings and alleged the attackers had support “from across the border”.
- Realism Of India’S Un Ambition (Dawn, Shaukat Umer, Jul 15, 2006)
An astute Cuban diplomat, with long experience of the United Nations, once described the decision making process in the Security Council by drawing an enigmatic mathmatical equation: 1+1+3+10=15.
- There Were 24 Armed Fidayeen (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jul 15, 2006)
Conspirators used e-mails, hid behind women ---- The men who planted explosives on Mumbai's train were heavily armed and numbered nearly two dozen.
- Israel Bombs Beirut (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time today in order to punish Hezbollah and with it, the country for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.
- Lightning Strikes Kill 82 In China (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Lightning strikes killed 82 people across China in June, a Chinese newspaper reported today after several nights of violent storms in the capital, Beijing.
- Business In Sbi Remains Paralysed Due To Internet Failure ....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Business activities in the State Bank of India (SBI) branches in the Kashmir valley today remained paralysed due to internet failure.
- Microbes May Turn Dust Into Gold : Research (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Researchers in Australia have uncovered evidence that a tiny microbe may have the Midas touch of Greek legend, capable of turning dust to gold.
- India Will Pay For Breaking N-Moratorium: Saran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Even as it insisted that its strategic programme has not been capped because of the civil nuclear deal with the US, India on Friday conceded that if it violates the unilateral moratorium on atomic tests, it will have to "pay the price" for it.
- Some Clues On Calls, But Rdx A Riddle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Security agencies investigating the Mumbai train blasts suggested today that they were close to a breakthrough, and the home ministry is expected to make an announcement soon.
- Temple In Ayodhya Searched For Explosives (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
All major temples in Ayodhya are being searched for possible hidden explosives in the wake of Tuesday's massive train blasts in Mumbai.
- Pm Meets Mumbai Bomb Victims, Slams Pakistan (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused Pakistan on Friday of breaking its word by continuing to harbour Islamist extremists, as he met victims of the Mumbai blasts and promised to help them rebuild their lives.
- Reliving The Darkest Hours (Telegraph, Kamla Patel , Jul 14, 2006)
A close associate of M.K. Gandhi, Kamla Patel spent her early years in Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad. She was an active participant in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
- Destabilisation In The Greater Middle East (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 14, 2006)
The Greater Middle East region has entered another phase of crisis.
- Governor Orakzai’S Correct Approach (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
Talking to journalists in Peshawar on Wednesday, NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai has said that there was no major Taliban involvement in the Tribal Areas. He also said that the exact number of foreigners in Waziristan cannot be confirmed . . .
- Dangerous Dimension Of Me Crisis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel on Wednesday carried out senseless bombing of Lebanon opening up a dangerous new front in the Middle-East conflict.
- No Takers For Ptu Architecture Courses (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Jul 14, 2006)
Over 40,000 officials of the Punjab police, some of the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) , Additional Inspector General (AIG), SP, DSP, Inspectors, have been going without salary, thanks to certain 'objections' raised by the . . .
- Us Vetoes Un Resolution Condemning Israel On Gaza (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution put forward by Qatar on behalf of Arab states that would have condemned Israel's two-week military incursion into Gaza.
- 350 Detained In Mumbai Blasts Probe (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Indian police detained about 350 people in connection with the deadly Mumbai train bombings, as a top official said Thursday that investigators believed they “should have something substantial soon.”
- The Peace Process Has Ended (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Not only 190 innocent people have been killed in Tuesday’s tragedy in Mumbai, under the debris of the serial blasts lies buried the peace process that had been going on for some time to usher in a new era on the sub-continent. It will be difficult . . .
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