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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 31829:
- Sandwiched Between Law And Commonsense (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 17, 2006)
A newsy case to munch this week is a catering question concerning the BBC, that came up before the Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal (Civil Division), UK: HM Revenue & Customs vs Compass Contract Services UK Ltd.
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 17, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi ----
- A Nice Take-Off After All The Fuss (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Despite a tension-ridden run-up, the inauguration of the first 9-kilometre stretch of the peripheral ring road of the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project went off smoothly on Friday.
- Stand Up, Bbc; Resign, Rumsfeld! (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
On June 3, just two weeks ago, writing about the conduct of US troops specially the much-vaunted Marines in Iraq, I had said: "Indeed, this is not all. . .
- Breaking Free (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 17, 2006)
There is an unmistakable line that separates the good player from the brilliant one.
- Swarajists At The Savoy (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 17, 2006)
In Paris, during the students’ riots of the late Sixties, a pretty young Indian girl, now high in the Communist hierarchy, smoked foul-smelling French Gauloise cigarettes because they reminded her of Char Minars.
- Iran Ready For Unconditional Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Iran sees "positive points" in offers from world powers aimed at a compromise on Tehran's nuclear programme and is ready to discuss them but talks need to begin without preconditions, a senior Iranian official said here today.
- Indian Army Sees First Suicide Of Lady Officer (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The Indian army saw the first suicide of a female officer, who shot herself at her camp in the troubled region of Kashmir, police and army officers said on Friday.
- Floods In South Asia Hit 1.5 Mln People, Kill 17 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains have left more than 1.5 million people in northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh marooned or homeless, and killed at least 17, officials said on Friday.
- U.S. Declines Comment On Tharoor's Nomination (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Disagrees Asia has sole right to field candidate for top U.N. job
- Is The `War On Terror' Going Out Of Control? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 17, 2006)
Governments, especially western liberal democracies with their supposedly more enlightened "values," are expected to get the balance between national security and individual liberties right. But is the `war on terror' descending into a form of . . .
- Iran's Tactics Pay Off In Nuclear Standoff (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 17, 2006)
Washington's willingness to talk directly to Teheran is a significant departure from the past.
- Ramadoss’S Aiims (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 17, 2006)
My country has been kind to me and has asked me to do many things, but the job I loved the most was being vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- Taliban Commander Surrenders (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A mid-level Taliban commander said to lead more than 100 men in southern Afghanistan surrendered to a government reconciliation drive on Friday as authorities arrested 12 other militants.
- Atomic Brotherhood (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2006)
In regard to nuclear proliferation and arms control, the fundamental problem is clear: Either we begin finding creative, outside-the-box solutions or the international nuclear safeguards regime will become obsolete.
- Politics Above Law (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 16, 2006)
Recent goings-on in the country remind me of a saying in the United States, popular during the prohibition era there, “The administration’s folly makes you feel like crying into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into”.
- Darn Dangerous (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 16, 2006)
There is black irony in Mr George W. Bush waiting for a Supreme Court decision before deciding what to do about Guantanámo.
- The Chalice Of Sports (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 16, 2006)
Why was Lev Yashin considered the finest of goal-tenders? Why does Garrincha still evoke awe and wonder?
- Different Faces Of Success (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Jun 16, 2006)
Despite the fact that most serious academic books are commissioned, a large number of unsolicited manuscripts turn up on a variety of subjects.
- Rich States Hold Key To Wto Industry Deal - India (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Jun 16, 2006)
Rich nations hold the key to a World Trade Organisation (WTO) deal on industrial goods, India's lead negotiator said on Thursday, rejecting calls for the developing states to move first.
- Rampant Abuse (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 16, 2006)
Here is an important excerpt from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
- Captured Papers Show Weakening Iraq Insurgency (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A document purportedly captured in an al-Qaida hideout portrays the insurgency in Iraq as being in "bleak" shape, saying that it is losing strength and proposing ways to stir up trouble between the U.S. and Iran to divert American attention.
- Social Security In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Jun 16, 2006)
An efficient system of social security is one of the main features of a welfare state.
- Iran, Uzbek Leaders Hit Out At Interference By Foreign Powers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Uzbek president under criticism from the US for his anti-democratic leanings
A strengthened SCO would be a new force against the West
- 104 Killed In Iraq Operation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Iraq said on Thursday Al Qaeda’s reign of terror was nearing its end, as the US military announced the killing of 104 rebels since the slaying of the group’s leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
- Pakistan, India To Slug It Out For Top Un Slot? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 16, 2006)
The current UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, is scheduled to step down at the close of this year when his second five-year term ends.
- Major Powers’ Offer To Iran More Carrot Than Stick: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The White House indicated that the proposal meant to end the crisis over Iran's nuclear programs was heavy on incentives to freeze sensitive nuclear activities, not possible punishments for refusing.
- Norway’S Booster Shot To India’S Call On Bio-Piracy (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 16, 2006)
India and other developing countries – which are demanding multilateral disciplines to stop bio-piracy – received a major boost on Wednesday at the World Trade Organization when Norway supported their demand for amending the controversial . . .
- Why Deve Gowda Is Bad For Bangalore (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Bangaloreans must banish H D Deve Gowda if they wish to see any developmental works come to fruition.
- Partners In Crime (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
When members of the European Union are advised, as they have been recently by Amnesty International, to stop being America's “partners in crime” in its policy of rendition of prisoners, Tony Blair and his government immediately come to mind.
- Punjab Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak presented a Rs274 billion surplus and ostensibly tax-free budget (meaning that there are no new taxes) for 2006-07 in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday.
- Reliance’S Switch (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 16, 2006)
Outcome of battle for spectrum now sealed?
- Forty Insurgents Killed In Afghanistan: Coalition (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Coalition troops in Afghanistan killed 40 insurgents, the US-led force announced after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a bus bombing that killed 10 people, the reports said.
- Stock Market Scams (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jun 16, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- Nri Aviator Plans Us-India Airline (Times of India, Byas Anand, Jun 16, 2006)
An America-based entrepreneur is all set to join the burgeoning list of wannabe Indian aviators.
- Tata’S Bangladesh Plan In Cold Storage (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Jun 16, 2006)
One of the Tata Group’s biggest overseas investments has been put in cold storage by the Bangladesh government due to imminent elections in the country—implying that the projects will now face significant cost overruns.
- India And Free Trade In Asia (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 16, 2006)
Why should consumers pay higher prices for tea, spices and rubber? Is it not time to treat agriculture like the industrial sector, to help it become globally competitive?
- 'Indo-Us N-Deal Weakens Proliferation Regime' (Pioneer, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 16, 2006)
A body of American scientists, backed by a group of Nobel laureates, has opposed the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, claiming that the accord "weakens" the existing non-proliferation regime and urged the US Congress not to approve it in its present form.
- Bus Explosion Kills 64 In Lanka, Triggers Army Bombs In Tiger Areas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A powerful land mine ripped through a packed bus in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, killing at least 64 people in the worst act of violence since the 2002 cease-fire, the Army said.
- No Fdi In Retail, Recast Foreign Policy Focus (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The UPA Government's pro-US foreign policy and its approach to FDI in retail sector had come under severe attack in the nine-page note the Left Front has submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Unchangeable? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 16, 2006)
With India officially nominating a candidate — Shashi Tharoor — for the UN’s top job, there’ll be unavoidably and justifiably a fair amount of domestic excitement at being in the race.
- Bomber Cleric Walks Free (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
Out of prison, Bashir is back at his madarsa famous for producing Islamist radicals. This could mean bad news. Robin McDowell in Solo, Indonesia, explains why.
- Who Makes The Rules? (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jun 16, 2006)
The refusal to sell a kilo of salt because it’s ‘not worth the trouble’ sounds like a funny argument...
- Don't Talk To Ulfa (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
By carrying out a series of terror bombings across Assam, targeting both innocent people, including school children, and symbols of the state, for instance oil . . .
- Stephen Hawking Says It's Imperative To Find Other Earth-Like Homes (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 16, 2006)
Hawking is not talking through his hat when he says the survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe, because there's an increasing risk that humanity could be wiped out by a disaster.
- 'Illegal Workforce Is Important In Us' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2006)
David Randolph is Border Coordination Officer, Arizona-Mexico Commission, an organisation attached to the government of Arizona. Arizona's population of illegal migrants, at six million,accounts for half the estimated population of undocumented . . .
- Us Military Identifies Zarqawi Successor, Releases Photo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The US military today released pictures of the man it said was the successor of slain Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi.
- Congress Must Not Approve Indo-American Nuclear Deal . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"In its present form, deal endangers U.S. non-proliferation goals"
Such ad-hoc bilateral deals will undercut U.S. and world security
Growth of civilian nuke power increases amount of fissionable material
- Hydra May Have More Heads (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 16, 2006)
The death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on June 8 did not halt or reduce the violence afflicting Iraq...
- Junta In A Time Warp (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
Myanmar's military junta has done the expected unexpected.
- Iran, Syria Sign Defence Agreement (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Defence ministers from close allies Iran and Syria today signed an agreement for military co-operation against what they called the ‘‘common threats’’ presented by Israel and the United States.
- The Online Laws Of Dating (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
They are widows and married millionaires. They are non-smokers and truckers and politicians. And they all want to date you.
- Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
India should stand firm and not give in to pressure
- Costly Children (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2006)
Passion for pricey parties among children sometimes flummoxes grandparents
- Politics And World Cup: An Unbridgeable Divide? (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 16, 2006)
I was in Europe the morning the newspapers headlined “US strike kills Zarqawi” and the general populace woke in eager anticipation of the commencement of the football World Cup.
- Hymns For Salvation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Nalayira Divya Prabhandam, a collection of the sacred hymns of the Azhwars, contains the essence of the esoteric truths of the Vedas.
- India As A Rising Global Player (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 16, 2006)
Interest in India was evident at the recent Asia Security Conference in Singapore.
- A Government And A Party In Combat Mode (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 16, 2006)
Two years after Sonia Gandhi famously declined the crown, the man to whom she handed power remains the outsider in a party congenitally attached to the first family and unable and unwilling to accept the work division between a non-Gandhi Prime . . .
- Wrath Of The Pro-Israel Lobby (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh has tried to move the conscience of the West through an article in the British press.
- Germany Will Not Join Afghan Offensive (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
German troops stationed in Afghanistan will not take part in a US led offensive against the Taliban in their southern heartland for now, Germany’s defence minister said on Thursday.
- 'Indo-Us N-Deal Weakens Proliferation Regime' (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 15, 2006)
A body of US scientists, backed by a group of Nobel Laureates, has opposed the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, claiming that the accord "weakens" the existing non-proliferation regime and urged the US Congress not to approve it in the present form.
- Small Step To A Big Deal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 15, 2006)
The nuclear deal between India and the United States is entering the homestretch. The amber lights for the first two elements of the deal are turning green.
- India To Put U.N. Man In Race To Succeed Annan - Paper (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
India is set to nominate U.N. Undersecretary-General Shashi Tharoor to succeed Kofi Annan when the U.N. chief's second five-year term ends at the end of this year, Singapore's Straits Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
- Written On An Empty Stomach (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 15, 2006)
If you can detect a famished feel to this editorial — weak in content, stretched out and barely recognisable from its two sturdier and meatier counterparts above it — then you’re a more sensitive reader than you think you are.
- Joshi Opposes Talks With Pak Till Terrorist Camps Are Closed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Former Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi has stressed that no talks be held with Pakistan till it does not close all the terrorist camps on its soil as well as Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Foul Play Suspected In City Student's Death In Us (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Body found in apartment swimming pool
- Sethusamudram Project As Per Schedule: Baalu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
And the second phase of work will be taken up in October, says Union Minister T.R. Baalu
- Indo-Us Narrow Down Differences On Nuke Pact (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Seeking to conclude the bilateral nuclear agreement at the earliest, India and the us today narrowed down differences on various issues as they wrapped up first round of official-level talks here with "good progress".
- Too Old To Bat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
Purge India’s sclerotic gerontocracy
No major country in the world is as gerontocratic, or as sclerotic in its politics, as we are in India.
- A Dissection Of A Flawed Society (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 15, 2006)
The huge sales of Frenchman Francois de Closets'Plus Encore!, a sequel to his 1981 bestseller, might serve as a call to revolt to the have-nots.
- Either Death Or Glory For Costa Rica (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Striker Paulo Wanchope has called on Costa Rica to display the same spirit that gave mighty Germany a scare when Costa Rica face Ecuador in a do-or-die Group A clash here on Thursday.
- India, Usa Narrow Nuke Rift (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Seeking to conclude the bilateral nuclear agreement at the earliest, India and the USA today narrowed down differences on various issues as they wrapped up the first round of official-level talks here with “good progress”.
- Beware The Killer's Legacy (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Jun 15, 2006)
The editorial, "A killer is killed" (June 9), is a fairly good description of the after effects of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi's death.
- Epic Battle (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
Mr Lakshmi Mittal’s takeover battle for the European steel giant, Arcelor, is fast assuming epic proportions.
- Govt Steps Fail To Enthuse Power Consumers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
RWAs seek option for consumers to choose the type of meter
Power Secretary meets members of residents' welfare associations
13 lakh meters `unnecessarily' changed at a cost of Rs. 250 crores
Consumers demand reinstallation of original meters
- Indonesia Sets Free Islamic Cleric (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 15, 2006)
An imprisoned Islamic cleric, Abu Bakar Baasyir, was set free by the Indonesian authorities in Jakarta on Wednesday. Mr. Baasyir, who was convicted for his role in "a sinister conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion resulting in deaths," was . . .
- Whales Need More Protection (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 15, 2006)
The 20-year-old moratorium on commercial hunting of the world's magnificent range of whale species once again faces a challenge, as the member nations of the International Whaling Commission gather at St. Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies.
- Rescuing Modern Medicine From Its Traps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 15, 2006)
Modern medicine desperately needs to rediscover the human touch. It needs to blend modern techniques with the art of compassionate healing.
- Trade Unions Will Launch Countrywide Stir, Says Dasgupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Trade unions, irrespective of their political affiliations, have collectively decided to launch an "effective country-wide agitation" against the economic policies of the Centre, All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Gurudas . . .
- India To Back Tharoor For Un Sec General (Rediff on the Net, Sheela Bhatt, Jun 15, 2006)
India will support the candidature of United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor as the next secretary general, senior government sources in New Delhi told rediff.com today. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's term ends on December 31, 2006 . . .
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