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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 31829:
- Jihad's Evil Mind (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 09, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian street thug-turned-Islamist, led terror's onslaught in Iraq, reports Patrick Quinn from Baghdad.
- In Aid Of Israel (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 09, 2006)
Israel was created by systematic recourse to terror but it leaders portray it as a peace-maker.
- Primary Capital Market Sets (The Economic Times, M Y KHAN, Jun 09, 2006)
The primary market can contribute tremendously to capital formation and growth of the economy if foreign participation in equity is further liberalised across all sectors.
- Bush Touts 'Severe Blow To Al Qaeda' (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
President Bush was careful not to gloat yesterday as he announced the death of Abu Musab Zarqawi, but he called it a victory and White House officials said it cuts through bad news reports and reminds Americans that U.S. troops are winning the . . .
- Rural China's Crisis (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
This scenic capital of China's southern Yunnan Province has earned itself a more unsavory sobriquet - China's AIDS capital.
- Nato Confirms Plans For Afghan Expansion (International Herald Tribune, Michael R. Gordon, Jun 09, 2006)
NATO defense ministers reaffirmed their plans Thursday to expand the alliance's presence in southern Afghanistan in the face of greater resistance by Taliban fighters and drug traffickers.
- Iran Resumes Uranium Enrichment Work (International Herald Tribune, ELAINE SCIOLINO, Jun 09, 2006)
Iran restarted important nuclear activities on the same day this week that six world powers offered it incentives aimed at encouraging the complete suspension of the nuclear work, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Thursday.
- Solidarity With Palestinians (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 09, 2006)
In a gesture of solidarity with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz offered financial assistance of three million dollars to the Palestinian authorities to tide over their financial problems.
- Bush On Iran (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 09, 2006)
US President Bush has cautiously welcomed Iran's reaction to last week's package offered to it indicating an apparent softening of America's position.
- Osama Bin Laden Keeping A Low Profile (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Tracking down Osama bin Laden has proven tougher than getting to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi because the top al-Qaida leader does almost nothing to call attention to himself and is protected by a ring of far more faithful followers, intelligence experts . . .
- Top Bjp Leaders Call On Rahul (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The BJP today undertook a damage-control exercise as two of its top leaders taking cue from former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee called on late party leader Pramod Mahajan’s son Rahul Mahajan, who was in police custody facing charges under . . .
- Interview:s.K.Jain, Chairman, Npcil (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 09, 2006)
When the third reactor at Tarapur went critical, you announced that India's target was to generate 40,000 MWe of nuclear power by 2030.
- N-Deal: Legislation To Take Time (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In spite of optimism expressed in some quarters on the passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Congress, the foreign relations committees of both the Senate and House of Representatives have not yet scheduled any concrete dates to mark up legislation . . .
- Remarkable Dissonance (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Whatever be your take on the anti-reservation issue, there is no escaping the fact that the matter has triggered an unprecedented upheaval among young people.
- The Politics And Economics Of Oil (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 09, 2006)
One corollary of the high price of oil is the way the Middle Eastern countries have accumulated external assets of a trillion dollars.
- End Of The Good Times? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 09, 2006)
The change of mood is dramatic.
- Mining Frenzy In Karnataka (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The terrible consequences of uncontrolled iron ore mining in Bellary district prompt a demand for its curtailment.
- Challenges To Political Stability (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jun 09, 2006)
Since the Platonic period, philosophers have sought to determine the nature and meaning of a ‘good society’ and a ‘good state’, often giving their own interpretations of what ideal societies and states ought to be.
- Top Al Qaeda Leader In Iraq Killed (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 09, 2006)
Al Zarqawi and his spiritual adviser die as F-16s pound their "safe-house"
- A Way Out Of Iran’S Nuclear Imbroglio? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 09, 2006)
The world can now heave a sigh of relief. It appears likely that the impasse between Iran and the West will end soon.
- A Good Development On Iran (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 09, 2006)
While it is too early to close the file on the Iran-West nuclear standoff, developments in the past two days, given prudence on both sides, could lead to a breakthrough.
- Civil Nuclear Deal: Us And India To Discuss ‘Impractical’ Conditions (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 09, 2006)
American and Indian officials are expected to discuss next week two new conditions imposed by the US in their nuclear deal that Indian experts feel are “impossible to accept”.
- Zarqawi Killed In Us Air Strike Near Baquba (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Trail of Zarqawi spiritual adviser led US forces to Qaeda chief in Iraq
* Operation helped by Iraqi and Jordanian intelligence
* Qaeda vows to fight on
- Us Okays Agni Iii Missile Test By 'Junior Partner' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 09, 2006)
The United States has given New Delhi a go-ahead to test its Agni III missile as part of an overarching plan to groom India as a "junior partner" in the Indian Ocean region, the intelligence think-tank Stratfor has said.
- Time To Heal A Running Sore (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jun 09, 2006)
Perhaps George W Bush thought that like Japan, Iraq would turn over a new leaf under American occupation and settle down peacefully to democratic moneymaking as a subordinate ally.
- Hard Target (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 09, 2006)
Just when it seemed that a majority of people in the US, including neoconservatives, were distancing themselves from the Iraq imbroglio, news has come that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an air raid.
- Us Presses India On Wheat Sales (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 09, 2006)
Not just guns, butter too. While seeking to break into the Indian arms market, the United States is also pressing India for a level-playing field to compete for a massive 3.5 million ton wheat sale order, the terms of which it says are loaded against . .
- The Oil Weapon And Iran (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In an address to the Iranian nation last weekend, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referred to the security of energy supplies in the Persian Gulf region being affected in the event of "the slightest mistake over Iran" made by the United States.
- Will Soccer World Cup Foster Peace? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 08, 2006)
The soccer World Cup is coming. ESPN, which will broadcast most of the games in the US, is airing a series of ads with members of the rock band U2. In one, Bono says that the World Cup ``closes the schools, closes the shops, closes a city and stops a war.
- 'Upwardly' Mobile: Rules May Change (Times of India, Byas Anand, Jun 08, 2006)
Though Indian regulations don't permit use of cellphones in a moving aircraft, a change in law may be on cards.
- The Power Of Branding (Business Standard, Arvind Singhal, Jun 08, 2006)
It would be obvious to state that brands matter, and powerful brands usually deliver superior financial performance to businesses that own such brands.
- World Press Trends Are Mixed, Asia Tops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
A billion daily newspaper readers worldwide; Asia has 70 per cent of world's best-selling dailies .
- It’S Opus Dei’S Box-Office Triumph (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 08, 2006)
One key element behind corporal mortification is to feel solidarity with the poor and the suffering
- The Freedom To Say No (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
General Musharraf and his loyalists have rejected the alliance between Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto. But shouldn’t that privilege lie with the people of Pakistan?
- Development With A Disclaimer (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
Kerala\'s new chief minister V.S. Achutanandan has a reputation for being conservative on development issues, but the Left clearly realises that jobs and investment in business can fetch good political dividends.
- Where Have All The Taxes Gone? (Deccan Herald, Vimala RamaRao, Jun 08, 2006)
Every single problem that is making life more and more difficult day by day, is traceable to the indifference and lack of accountability of those whose job it is to attend to these things.
- Claim Of Cia ‘Global Spider’S Web’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
More than 20 states, mostly in Europe, colluded in a “global spider’s web” of secret CIA prisons and transfers of terrorism suspects, a European rights watchdog said in a report released today.
- The A.Q. Khan Network (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 08, 2006)
Recently the Pakistan government announced that the A. Q. Khan case has been closed.
- Rollback Of Petro Prices Ruled Out (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jun 08, 2006)
Ruling out any rollback of hike in petrol and diesel prices at least for the time-being, the UPA government, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seems to be heading towards a confrontation with the Congress itself besides the Left parties and . . .
- India Inc Among Top Us Lobby Groups (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 08, 2006)
In the uphill battle to influence or educate -- depending on how one looks at it -- the US Congress, Indian industry has taken baby steps.
- Montenegro Breaks Away (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2006)
With Montenegro proclaiming independence and separating from Serbia in the process, the disintegration of the former federation of Yugoslavia is almost complete.
- Division Games (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
For Sharad Pawar politics is a kind of sport and sport is another field of politics. Just before he left for the US, his Nationalist Congress Party decided on Rahul Bajaj’s candidature for Rajya Sabha.
- Colombo On Course (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2006)
Although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have neither softened their offensive posture nor ended their violent provocations, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse appears determined to persist with negotiations.
- Dangers Of Globalisation (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Jun 08, 2006)
Just as post modernism was the concept of the 1980s, globalization may be the concept of the 1990s. We are now on the road to the formation of a global society, as the needs and interests of all human beings are universally similar.
- Bird Flu Exercise Tests (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group began a bird flu disaster exercise today to test how countries inform each other about the risks of a flu pandemic.
- Iran Uranium Enrichment Plan Hypothetical: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The United States has refused to confirm or deny reports that it and European powers had offered Iran the possibility of uranium enrichment on its territory.
- Bird Flu Has Subsided In India - Top Official (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jun 08, 2006)
Bird flu has subsided in India with no new cases reported since March, the top official in charge of prevention efforts told Reuters on Wednesday.
- Iran Weighs Nuclear Offer (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Iran was today weighing an international offer of incentives if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment, with officials neither rejecting the offer nor indicating that they would meet the
condition.
- Playing Spoilsport (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 08, 2006)
Despite ending in a draw, the Antigua Test will be remembered for the remarkable resilience displayed by both teams:
- The Yojana Module (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 08, 2006)
Why and wherefore of Maoist extremism
For every Maoist killed, two are born. After trying out almost every rule in the book to contain the phenomenon, the Centre has now opted for an academic exercise.
- Bjp Launches Agitation Across The Country (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 08, 2006)
Demands a complete rollback of the "anti-people" measure of increasing prices of petrol and diesel
NDA protest demonstration on June 12 and again on June 19
Traffic halted at 400 places, effigies burnt, trains stopped
- "Indo-Israel Ties Should Not Be At The Expense Of Palestinians" (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Saddled with running a bankrupt Palestinian Authority, the Hamas PM faces pressure from the Israeli President's call for a referendum on the right of Israel to exist alongside Palestine.
- Shattered Hymns (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Indonesia's Hindu heritage suffers as a quake hits home
- The Sensex Reacts To Questionable Policies (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Jun 08, 2006)
While global markets did tug downwards, the UPA government did quite a bit to aid the market slide.
- The Jerusalem Trophy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 08, 2006)
If recent incidents in West Asia are anything to go by, 'Islamic Zionism' is much stronger than the Jewish variety, writes Daniel Pipes.
- Where A Tragedy Occurs Everyday (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 08, 2006)
Iraq is in such chaos that no one is safe from murder and kidnapping even in a heavily guarded city like Baghdad, says Marianna Belenkaya.
- Wearing Too Many Hats (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 08, 2006)
General election in Pakistan is due next year. The terms of the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies expire on November 15, 2007.
- Us Congress Urged To Support India N-Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
An influential foreign policy group on Wednesday urged the US Congress to ratify a deal to ship nuclear technology and fuel to India, but delay final approval until receiving assurances of India’s non-proliferation efforts.
- 'I Am Not Trembling' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
In the second part of an exclusive interview with rediff.com Deputy Managing Editor Ramananda Sengupta and Nikhil Lakshman, the commander of America's Pacific Fleet Admiral Gary Roughead looks at the role of the Indian and American navies in . . .
- Antarctic Crater Hints Age Before Dinosaur (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
A meteor that wiped out more than 90 per cent of the species on Earth 250 million years ago, an American geologist said on Wednesday, may have caused a massive crater in Antarctica.
- Warily, India And China To Reopen Silk Route Trade (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 08, 2006)
As the rain sweeps across the high Himalayan pass, a Chinese soldier arrives at the three strands of barbed wire which separate his country's territory from that of long-time rival India.
- Of Responses And Rationality (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 08, 2006)
Deriving commercial advantage out of people's tragedy, which is what media is doing, is not a sign of healthy society, says Vinayshil Gautam.
- India's Nuclear Conundrum (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
The actual long-term economic costs of civilian nuclear energy tend to be obscured in discussion of its supposed limitless possibilities
- Maoists Target Koirala After King In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
In an unveiled threat to the Girija Prasad Koirala Government, Maoist leader Prachanda has warned that the rebels will resort to violence if political parties did not accept their demand to set up a republican state after holding Constituent . . .
- Us Consumers Give Highest Trust Ranking To India (Press Trust of India, SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU, Jun 07, 2006)
Majority of the American consumers do not want US companies to share their personal information with outsourcing companies overseas.
- Ex-General’S Piece Of Advice (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jun 07, 2006)
AN EX-ARMY colleague has some advice for Pervez Musharraf. General (retired) Jehangir Karamat, who is returning home from Washington after completing his two year term as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, does not appear to be one of those . . .
- Affirmative Action And Caste Dilemmas (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Indian businesses are taking a skewed view of `affirmative action' in the U.S. to sell a strategy that is big on promises and low on accountability.
- The Spiritual Roots Of Detachment (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Jun 07, 2006)
In his recent book, Code Name God, the US-based scientist Mani Bhaumik, one of the pioneers of the excimer laser, which made LASIK surgery possible, writes poignantly about his high-octane rags-to-riches story in America, “the merry-go-round . . .
- Afghanistan: Cost Of Misrule (Dawn, Najmuddin A, Shaikh, Jun 07, 2006)
The runaway American army truck on a busy Kabul thoroughfare may have done little damage and caused few casualties but the riots it sparked have brought to the surface the feelings of the Afghan people and what they think has gone wrong inside their . . .
- Can College Seats Be Increased Overnight? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The government feels spending more money can solve the problem, but even that flow seems to be in trouble.
- The Helmsman Takes A Buffeting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 07, 2006)
Can the success of Indian business make India as a whole richer, asks the latest issue of The Economist. Sure it can, says RASHEEDA BHAGAT, but only if there is a strong, effective and efficient, as well as sincere and honest government in place . . .
- Dead Certainties In Wartime (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 07, 2006)
ON July 25, 1950, American soldiers in No Gun Ri, about 100 miles south of Seoul, were driven from nearby villages and herded towards a railroad embankment in front of the US lines.
- Refine Politics Out Of Oil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 07, 2006)
The Centre’s move to belatedly revise the retail prices of petrol and diesel comes not a day too soon, given the spiralling international prices of crude oil. The reduction in custom duties makes perfect sense as well.
- For The Sake Of Peace Aditi Bhaduri (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
The news that the ‘Quartet’ is planning to send financial aid to Palestine has reached Gaza but few are rejoicing or hoping for better times.
- Unesco Team To Probe Bosnia's "Ancient Pyramid" (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Bosnia's mystery pyramid will now be probed and inspected by a team of experts from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
- American Consumers Give India Top Trust Ranking (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Majority of the American consumers do not want US companies to share their personal information with outsourcing companies overseas.
- Venezuela-India Trade To Reach $1 Billion This Year (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Trade between Venezuela and India will reach $1 billion this year boosted by Venezuelan crude exports to one of Asia's fastest-growing economies, the Indian ambassador has said.
- Protests Against U.S. In Ukraine (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 07, 2006)
The Parliament of Ukraine's pro-Russian Crimean Peninsula has declared the autonomy a NATO-free territory as week-long anti-American protests in the region gathered momentum.
- Costlier Petrol (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
THE fifth increase in petroleum prices in just two years of the UPA government has finally been effected.
- A Useful Category (Times of India, Satish Deshpande, Jun 07, 2006)
The most acrimonious acronym at present — OBC — may also represent a category that is useful to think with. Such an assertion runs contrary to the relentlessly negative image of the Other Backward Classes that dominates the media.
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