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Articles 8621 through 8720 of 31829:
- Rise And Fall Of Agni-Iii (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 14, 2006)
ON Sunday when the first word about the successful launch of Agni-III, the latest version of this country’s intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile, came in there was an understandable wave of joy across the country.
- How Much Will India Endure? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday’s awful rush-hour bombings of trains in Bombay raise an important and ominous question:
- Israel Blockades Lebanon, Bombs Beirut Airport: 53 Civilian Killed; Haifa Hit By Rockets (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel blockaded Lebanese ports and struck Beirut airport and two military airbases on Thursday, expanding reprisals that have killed 53 civilians in Lebanon since Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers a day earlier.
- Experts For New Law On Terrorism (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Jul 14, 2006)
The absence of a cogent policy in tackling terrorism and vote bank politics coming in the way of framing laws to deal with this menace have been emboldening anti-national elements to create mayhem in any part of the country.
- Behind The China Story (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 14, 2006)
China is a global player in trade and foreign investment. But its financial sector is weak so much so that for China to have credibility in the global market it needs to hold massive foreign currency reserves.
- India Again Accuses Pakistan Of Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2006)
AS feared, a day after serial blasts killed about 200 people in Mumbai’s local trains, India has raised accusing fingers towards Pakistan and Islamabad has rejected these wild allegations.
- Apathy, No Thought (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 14, 2006)
After 32 hours of travel halfway across the world to Sydney last week, I was looking for a nice, relaxing bath before my conference began.
- Israel Widens Conflict (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2006)
What began as a small military engagement on the borders of Gaza and Israel last month is now in danger of turning into a full-blown war.
- Blasts Aimed At Harming Peace Process: Kasuri (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jul 14, 2006)
The perpetrators of the Mumbai blasts wanted to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Friday.
- Attack On Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel's attack on Beirut airport, naval blockade and the reported deaths of 52 Lebanese civilians caused by air raids in the country's south is outrageous and a massive over-reaction to the events of recent days.
- India-Us Relations: Challenges And Opportunities (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 14, 2006)
India can succeed in developing a durable relationship with the US and with other major powers, only when it clearly defines its core national security interests and accelerates the process of economic reform and progress, so that engaging India . . .
- Can Terror And Talks (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Jul 14, 2006)
By this time it ought to be amply obvious that General Musharraf is playing his typical double game while negotiating peace with India.
- Politics Of Packages & The Packaging Of Politics (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 14, 2006)
Had there been a waiver of debt of up to just Rs.25,000, more than 80 per cent of Vidharbha's farmers would no longer have owed the banks money.
- India Hopeful Of Joining Global Flux Network (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Network to be established at a cost of US$50 million spent over five years
U.S. to assist with expertise
20 towers to be set up across the country initially
A central repository for data to be established
All the departments to share data collecte
- After The Cartoon Fury, Attempt At Dialogue (Deccan Herald, ALAN COWELL, Jul 14, 2006)
Flemming Rose, the Danish editor who published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that ignited what some called a war of civilisations, walked into a conference hall full of European and American Muslims, braced for more of the same.
- Israel Imposes Blockades On Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbullah fires rockets into Israeli towns; Tel Aviv threatens to open a third front in the conflict
- Fight Terror Alone (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 14, 2006)
When the prime minister of India stood side by side with President Bush and emphatically stated that “we, the civilized . . .
- Simply Herself (Hindu, BHUMIKA K, Jul 14, 2006)
She can sing Madhuvanti with a traditional flourish and also enjoy jazz on her iPod. Shubha Mudgal straddles a range of musical worlds with elan
- Resilience Is Good, But Amnesia Is Fatal (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Jul 14, 2006)
Mumbai has suffered seven major terrorist strikes since 1993, but remains vulnerable and unprepared to defend itself. Its mindset is part of the problem, while administrative and policing slowness contribute too.
- Bush Calls Up Pm, Expresses Support (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and conveyed US support for India in the fight against terrorism and expressed sympathy for the victims of the Mumbai serial blasts.
- Keeping Peace: Will The Spirit Of Bombay Rise To The Challenge? (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jul 14, 2006)
Bombay entered July with a lot of premonition. Vivid still were the memories of 26/7, when the metropolis nearly drowned in a demonic downpour and over 400 people died then and the days that followed.
- Israel Hits Beirut Airport (Deccan Herald, Greg Myre, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck targets in Beirut and south Lebanon on Thursday in retaliation for a cross-border assault by the guerilla group Hezbollah, prompting President Bush to express concern the Israeli actions might “topple’’ the Lebanese government.
- Will We Ever Win The War On Terror? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jul 14, 2006)
To understand the hollowness of the political outrage at what happened at rush hour in Mumbai on 7/11, all we need to do is look at one damning statistic.
- Arms & The World (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 14, 2006)
No progress in efforts to curb small arms trade
- 21 Killed As Islamists Rid Capital Of Warlords (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Somali Islamic fighters on Sunday declared "absolute" victory over the remaining warlords in the lawless capital Mogadishu after deadly clashes that claimed at least 21 lives, marking the end of the notorious warlords' rule in the Indian Ocean city.
- Reform In Bengal (Statesman, Sunil Banik, Jul 14, 2006)
The West Bengal budget for 2006-07 was placed by the finance minister, Dr Asim Dasgupta, on 23 June.
- China Chooses Its Own Pace (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
China might be North Korea's largest trade and economic partner, but expectations that Beijing would exert influence over the reclusive regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and succeed in persuading him to abandon his nuclear ambitions are misplaced,
- Usa Knows What Troubles India (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The USA is aware that some provisions in the enabling legislation to implement the Indo-US nuclear deal “trouble” India and would work to address those issues, the US ambassador to . . .
- Israel Blockades Lebanon; Wide Strikes By Hezbollah (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut’s international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah loosed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed two Israelis and sent thousands into bomb shelt
- Bush Would Let Secret Court Sift Wiretap Process (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
After months of resistance, the White House agreed Thursday to allow a secret intelligence court to review the legality of the National Security Agency’s program to conduct wiretaps without warrants on Americans suspected of having ties to terrorists.
- Infosys Diffuses Bomb Worries (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's number-two software services exporter, beat forecasts with a 50 percent jump in quarterly profit and raised its full-year estimates, sending its shares up more than 7 percent.
- Al-Qaida Enters Kashmir (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jul 14, 2006)
Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida has arrived in Kashmir. Though there have in the past been intelligence reports indicating the presence in the violence-hit state of the terror . . .
- India Claims Pakistan 'Hand' In Mumbai Bombs (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jul 14, 2006)
The peace process between India and Pakistan fell victim to the Mumbai bombings yesterday as talks scheduled for next week were reportedly delayed because New Delhi said it had evidence that its neighbour had a "hand" in the attacks.
- It's War By Any Other Name (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described what is happening in Lebanon as saying. "This is an act of war."
- $3-And-Up At Pump To Stay For Summer (Khaleej Times, Ameera Butt , Jul 14, 2006)
Mideast unease looks certain to keep the crunch on. Some drivers turn to an alternative fuel: E85.
- Israelis Blockade Lebanon (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut's international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah unleashed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed two and sent thousands of Israelis into . . .
- Border Debate Spurs Discrimination (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Massive pro-immigrant marches held across the country this past spring have ignited a new social movement among Latinos who feel a sharp increase in discrimination, a survey released Thursday shows.
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon today, imposing a naval blockade, twice hitting Beirut's airport and blasting two Lebanese army air bases near Syria. Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into Israel, which said one also struck the port cit
- China Has Days Left To Solve N Korea Crisis, Us Warns (Taipei Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A US envoy warned yesterday that Washington was likely to give Chinese diplomatic efforts over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs only a few more days before seeking a tough UN resolution, as South Korea said it would halt aid to the North until i
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport Again (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport again on Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and communication networks in a widening campaign after Hezbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed . . .
- 11 Youths From Maharashtra Held In Tripura (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Two days after the train blasts rocked Mumbai, Tripura police on Thursday arrested 11 Maharashtrian youths, attached to an Islamic missionary group, from the Indo-Bangla border.
- For Energy Security, Think Nuclear (International Herald Tribune, Graham Allison , Jul 14, 2006)
Who is the No. 1 producer of energy in the world today? Russia. Measured in barrels of oil equivalent, Russia produces over 20 million barrels of oil and gas a day.
- Art Of The Deal: It's Different In China (International Herald Tribune, Heather Timmons and Donald Greenlees , Jul 14, 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 celebrate it.
- Japan Yields To Resolution By China, Russia (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
In an apparent compromise to China and Russia, Japan intends to draw up a U.N. draft resolution that condemns North Korea's July 5 missile test-launches but may not include strong measures such as sanctions, which Tokyo had earlier pushed, several governm
- Advantage Iran (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Jul 14, 2006)
Iran is the source of much discussion and dismay in the West. Yet it is reportedly becoming quite popular in the world of Islam. What is the reason for this ostensibly split vision of Western governments and Muslims at large regarding Iran?
- Iran Demands Patience From West On Nuclear Incentive Offer (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said in a defiant speech on Thursday that the West should be patient in awaiting his country’s response to a package of proposed incentives in return for freezing its nuclear program.
- Accused G.I. Was Troubled Long Before Iraq (New York Times, JIM DWYER , Jul 14, 2006)
On the last day of January 2005, Steven D. Green, the former Army private accused of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her family, sat in a Texas jail on alcohol-possession charges, an unemployed 19-year-old high school dropout who had . . .
- Hundreds Detained Over Mumbai Bombings (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Indian detectives searching for the Mumbai train bombers who killed more than 200 commuters have detained about 350 people for questioning.
- Indian Firms Waking Up To Hiv Threat (Reuters, Jonathan Allen, Jul 14, 2006)
Jitendra Shekhawat has never been to a condom party before, but he has a great idea for an ice-breaker -- he blows up a condom until it explodes.
- Cause Of Central Asia Conflict (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Jul 14, 2006)
The centuries old Arab-Palestine conflict in Central Asia has taken a dangerous turn.
- Wto's Lamy Heads To G8 Over Troubled Trade Talks (Reuters, Robert Evans, Jul 14, 2006)
World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy will go to St Peterburg on Sunday to talk to Group of Eight (G8) leaders about the troubled Doha Round, WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell said on Thursday.
- Israel Strikes Beirut Suburb, Tightens Blockade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli jets destroyed roads and junctions in Hizbollah's southern Beirut stronghold on Friday hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered a more intense response to the group's capture of two Israeli soldiers.
- Politics Of Self-Defeat (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai, yet another critical reminder of the asphyxiating grasp of terrorism on India, is an ominous signal to the political class in New Delhi that sadbhavana (goodwill) trips to Pakistan cannot obliterate the ideology of hate
- Buffett Effect And New Face Of Money (The Financial Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jul 14, 2006)
With wealth creation and its perception being redefined, it is influencing the social behaviour of the rich
- New Imf Loan Facility (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 14, 2006)
A small step towards the bigger changes
- Tibet On The Train To The Future (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
It was a Chinese expatriate living in the US and travelling as a tourist on the first train from Beijing to Lhasa last week who hit the nail on the head. He remarked that change in Tibet was inevitable and that people could not be expected . . .
- On N-Referral To Unsc, Ahmadinejad Won’T Blink (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The Iranian President said on Thursday Iran would not abandon its right to nuclear technology in a defiant statement after Tehran’s case was referred back to the UN Security Council in its atomic dispute with the West.
- North, South Korea Talks Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Talks between the two Koreas collapsed in acrimony on Thursday with North Korea saying its neighbour would ‘‘pay a price’’ for the failure and the South withholding any aid to the impoverished North.
- Us Lifeline To Pak Terror (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Jul 14, 2006)
The sale of F-16s to Pakistan will ensure that the lifeline the US provides to the principal source of global terror is not snapped.
- Where Is The Political Will? (OutLook, KPS Gill, Jul 14, 2006)
You cannot prevail over terrorism by merely using strong language in Parliament or in the media. It is perhaps difficult to find even one politician in the country who holds the national interest above the interest of his
- Us House Of Rep Resolution Condemns Terror Mumbai Blasts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Condemning as "heinous and unjustified" the terror attacks in Mumbai, a resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives has said the strikes were conducted to "cause economic terror" and pledged to strengthen and support the newly-expanded . . .
- N-Deal May Get Through Us Cong By Month-End (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The United States Ambassador to India David Mulford expressed confidence that the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal that cleared the House and Senate Committees last month can be through Congress by the end of month or before law makers break away for . . .
- Israeli Crisis Is A Smoke Screen For Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Telegraph (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbollah commits an act of war against Israel by launching a raid across its northern border and kidnapping two of its soldiers.
- Mumbai Back To Normal, Investigators Find 'Leads' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Life in the country's commercial capital today bounced back to normal a day after a series of blasts ripped through suburban trains, killing 190 people, as investigators said they had found "some leads" and did not rule out the . . .
- G8: It’S Really About Russia (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 13, 2006)
G8 Summit will be closely watched for its new equations
- Pushed To Insanity (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jul 13, 2006)
Psychology of nation states should be understood to make sense of their actions
- 'India Has Enough Uranium' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
From the moment United States President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the India-US civilian nuclear agreement, US Congressman Gary Ackerman has been a major supporter of the accord.
- Message From Blasts: Don't Get Close To The Us (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
If ever there was a demonstration that cross-border terrorism remains a pertinent threat to freedom-loving people everywhere, it happened on 7/11 in Mumbai, the financial capital of India.
- The Challenges Of Maximum Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2006)
Maximum City, the writer Suketu Mehta called it. Mumbai's courage in the face of unimaginable horror is epic in scale, like the carnage it experienced on Tuesday.
- Duct Tape Patches Up Jet Backpack (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Rolls of duct tape are among the first equipment packed on each of the 115 shuttle missions
- Israel Launches Raids On Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 13, 2006)
Hizbullah captures two Israeli soldiers, demands prisoner swap
- China, Russia Introduce New Un Resolution On Korea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
China and Russia introduced a new UN Security Council resolution on Wednesday to compete with a proposal by Japan to impose weapons-related sanctions on North Korea in response to its missile tests.
- Nepal Condemns Mumbai Blasts (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jul 13, 2006)
The Nepal government on Wednesday strongly condemned the Mumbai blasts, calling it a “crime against humanity” and expressing solidarity with the Indian government and Indian people.
- Camus And Zidane (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Jul 13, 2006)
In "The Stranger," the existentialist novel by Albert Camus, an alienated French-Algerian man, Meursault, kills an Arab on the beach in the glare of the sunlight. It is a senseless act, as senseless as the way he fires one deadly shot, and then . . .
- Boys Gone Astray, Minister? (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 13, 2006)
You don’t have to wait for intelligence agencies to release their trademark identikit pictures to know the faces behind Mumbai’s serial blast.
- Time Opportune To Talk Strategy (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 13, 2006)
It was an interesting experience for me to again exchange views with key strategic thinkers in the US last month at a location close to the statue of Mahatma . . .
- No Public Bickering (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 13, 2006)
One supposes it is something to be welcomed that the United States "agrees," as Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said in Washington on . . .
- Death Toll In Mumbai Train Blasts Rises To 250 (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
The death toll from a series of bombs that struck Bombay’s packed commuter trains rose Wednesday to 200, and India demanded that Pakistan dismantle the “infrastructure of terrorism,” but leveled no direct accusation at its rival for the attacks.
- Us-Iraq Joint Panel To Study Troop Reduction (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Khalilzad gives Iraqi govt six months to curb sectarianism
- Putin Hits Backs At West On Democracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
President Vladimir Putin, seeking to pre-empt rebukes over democracy from fellow members of the Group of Eight, said on Wednesday the West’s criticism of Russia was a mix of Cold War thinking and neo-colonialism.
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