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Articles 11121 through 11220 of 31829:
- Talk To Tehran (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
The US has jettisoned its nearly three-decade policy against direct talks with Iran. Washington's proposal to enter into a dialogue with Tehran gives a much-needed impetus to negotiations to break the diplomatic deadlock over Iran's nuclear programme.
- A Legitimation Challenge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
China’s success is also the source of its dilemmas
- Is There A Way Out? (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 07, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Bengal’S 34 Brave ‘Poisoned Paradise’ (Telegraph, MUKHTAR AHMAD, Jun 07, 2006)
Thirty-four Bengali tourists were on the Jammu-Srinagar highway when grenade blasts hit two buses full of visitors from the state last week, triggering frantic calls from home to drop their holiday and return.
- `Margin-Trading Did Not Cause The Crisis' (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Jun 07, 2006)
SANE voices are hard to hear in the cacophony of the markets.
- Gm Touts Progress As Shareholders Urge Board Reform (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
General Motors Corp.'s chairman cautioned on Tuesday that the world's largest auto maker faces a tough U.S. market and record-high commodity costs despite progress made under a sweeping restructuring, as shareholders voted to strengthen board oversight.
- U.N. Risks Shutdown Over U.S. Budget Cap - Tharoor (Reuters, Paul Taylor, Jun 07, 2006)
The United Nations faces a potential shutdown in which the Security Council could not meet and peacekeepers around the world would be left adrift if the United States and Japan carry out a threat to withhold funds, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
- Factories Of Endless Cruelty (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, Jun 07, 2006)
A chicken in a poultry factory is allowed the space of one ft by one ft. The bird cannot flap her wings, or even raise them.
- Carrot & Stick Policy (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Jun 07, 2006)
The world has witnessed a welcome change in American diplomacy in the past two weeks, more so on the issue of Iran, says Niall Ferguson
- Price Of Gas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
The agonizing process through which the decision to raise petrol and diesel prices is arrived at and the predictable hostile noises made by political parties have both become as tedious as an anecdote repeated many times over.
- Sleaze-Bomb Is Ticking (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Jun 07, 2006)
Unnoted by media, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Bill 2006 was introduced in Parliament the day before its short session concluded;
- Iran’S China Syndrome (Tribune, Jackson Diehl, Jun 07, 2006)
IN the middle of a tirade about the pointlessness of talking with the United States’ Bush administration, a senior Iranian official I met in Tehran last month abruptly paused and asked if he could speak off the record.
- Prachanda Warns Of Violence If Demand Not Met (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
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 assembly elections.
- U.S. Not Expected To Directly Aid Iran Reactor Project (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 07, 2006)
The United States is not expected to provide technology or equipment directly to Iran if the light-water nuclear reactor project offered in a proposal to Tehran goes forward, Western diplomats said on Tuesday.
- What Lies Hidden In The Footnotes Of The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
Tapan Raychaudhuri considers ways in which a legacy of mutual ill will can be transformed through honesty, memory and good sense The author is former professor of modern Indian history at the University of Oxford
- Us Offers Deals On Trade To Entice Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The United States along with the four other veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council - Britain, France, Russia and China - drew up the package with Germany in a meeting in Vienna on Friday.
- Stock Market Mayhem (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jun 07, 2006)
Foreign institutional investors, who have a stranglehold on the stock markets, trigger the utter volatility of May
- Indian Allegations Of Cross-Border Infiltration Rejected (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Pakistan rejected allegations by some Indian leaders about cross border infiltration and termed the claims of killing Pakistanis attempting to crossover as “baseless”.
- Indian Workers Too Pricey For Jobs (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 07, 2006)
India might still be the outsourcing apple in the eye of American businesses, but in Steve Jobs' mind, the country looks too pricey these days.
- Deplorable Tactic (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 07, 2006)
It goes to the credit of the Rajouri police that it has busted a racket in examinations at a higher level.
- Deep Blue Pockets: Ibm Triples Its India Investment To $6 Billion Over 3 Yrs (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 07, 2006)
The world’s largest IT company IBM will triple its investments in India over the next three years by pumping in $6 billion towards its India operations, the company’s chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano said here today.
- Alcohol Becomes High Fashion (Deccan Herald, Doreen Carvajal, Jun 07, 2006)
Advertising and marketing strategies adopted by alcohol companies are increasingly turning into lifestyle entertainment
- Iran Cautious On Eu’S Anti-Nuke Offer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The incentives designed to persuade Iran to curb its nuclear programme contain ‘‘positive steps’’ and ‘‘ambiguities”, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said today.
- Going Beyond Handshakes (Deccan Herald, Srikanth Kondapalli , Jun 07, 2006)
China is now willing to look at India as a strategic military partner
- Maoists Urge Koirala To Push India On Jailed Rebels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
:Nepal's Maoist rebels urged Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to seek the release of about 150 comrades jailed in India, during his visit to the neighbouring country.
- George W. Bush Is Not Doing A Nixon (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
In the middle of a tirade about the pointlessness of talking with the Bush administration, a senior Iranian official I met in Tehran last month abruptly paused and asked if he could speak off the record.
- ‘I’M A Communist And I’M Proud Of It. But We Have To Change, We Have To Reform’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
‘I’m a communist and I’m proud of it. But we have to change, we have to reform’
- Islamic Militia Lays Siege To Mogadishu (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
An Islamic militia that wants to establish a fundamentalist government in Somalia said on Monday that it has seized control of the capital, after weeks of some of the bloodiest fighting in 15 years of anarchy in this Horn of Africa nation.
- Us Dismisses Iran Warning On Oil Disruption (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed Iran’s supreme religious leader’s threat on Sunday that oil shipments from the Persian Gulf would be disrupted if the United States made a ‘‘wrong move’’ toward his country over its nuclear programme.
- Fighting Human Trafficking (Times of India, David C Mulford, Jun 06, 2006)
I cannot imagine a more heinous crime than trafficking in human beings — the marketing, distribution, and in many cases, sale of women and children to be exploited and abused by others.
- Clashing Views On Press Freedom (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 06, 2006)
Global newspaper conference in Moscow; Putin defends independence of the media in Russia
- No Us Pressure Against Agni-Iii, Says Us General (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jun 06, 2006)
The USA today sought to alley all speculation over possible pressure from Washington on New Delhi against the testing of intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III, without pointing towards Pakistan, said other countries in the region had carried . . .
- Us Not Asking India For Troop Support: Pace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
“I am not aware if the Afghan Government has sought such (Indian troops for Kabul) help from India.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 06, 2006)
The reference to the 103rd constitutional amendment being unanimously passed ("Countering social discrimination", Editorial page, June 2, 2006) is incorrect. It should have been the 93rd amendment which relates to reservations in educational institutions.
- The Pds And Eroding Food Security (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jun 06, 2006)
The proposal to further cut down on quotas and to hike the issue prices of foodgrains in the public distribution system will spell disaster.
- Time To Talk To Iran (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 06, 2006)
For a quarter of a century, the United States has doggedly refused formally to engage Iran in anything resembling a dialogue process.
- India's Charge Baseless: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 06, 2006)
More needs to be done to curb terrorism: Shiv Shankar Menon
New Delhi has not provided evidence to back its accusations
Manmohan unlikely to visit Pakistan this summer
People-to-people contacts and CBMs should continue: Menon
- Solana In Iran With The Deal (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 06, 2006)
Nuclear package offers incentives
- Handshake Over The Himalayas (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Jun 06, 2006)
The road starts winding upwards even before leaving Gangtok. We will climb more than 8,000 feet in the 55 kilometres that separate Sikkim’s capital from the towering 14,000 foot border post of Nathu La.
- A Golden Opportunity To Work Against Terror: Peter Pace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
No country can, in the long run, fight terrorism alone, says Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military
- Don’T Equate Booty With Brilliance (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jun 06, 2006)
Wealth is based on insights. A nation’s growth turns on one key factor, which is, its openness to new ideas and its ability to mobilise and harness the creative energies of its people. Regardless of industry or profession, our future value will . . .
- The Destabilising Foreign Hand: Spectre Or Fact? (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jun 06, 2006)
Data doesn’t quite support the belief that FIIs dominate and unmake our equity market.
- Hero Who Made History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2006)
Golwalkar took the over reins of the RSS from Hedgewar and spearheaded its expansion into various new fields, says V Shanmuganathan.
- Solana In Tehran With Carrot N' Stick Package (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Iranian officials have agreed to meet on Tuesday with a senior EU representative carrying a six-nation package of rewards and penalties meant to stop Tehran's uranium enrichment program, diplomats said.
- Iran To Get Eu’S Package Of Incentives Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will hand Iran a package of incentives on Tuesday that aim to persuade Tehran to abandon its plan to make nuclear fuel, a spokesperson for Solana said on Monday.
- Seminar On Indo-Us Relations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
India’s recent affiliation to the US as reflected in its strategic policies has not been suitably reciprocated, Brahma Chellaney, professor, Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, said on Saturday....
- Need To Detoxify The Page-3 Youth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2006)
We need to take a second look at our materialistic culture that generates intense desire for quick fame and riches regardless of the costs, says Bulbul Roy Mishra
- Thus Spoke Iran (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 06, 2006)
Nobody can say that the United States was not generous towards Iran. The two countries have had no diplomatic relations for the last 26 years.
- Pakistan’S Likely Shape In 2020 (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 06, 2006)
The hallmark of great nations is that they learn from their past experience to become wiser in conducting their current and future affairs.
- Fighting For A Ball? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 06, 2006)
World Cup has been hyped so much that, when it finally arrives this Friday, it will lead to a feeling of being cheated among fans, writes Jim White.
- Indian Americans Optimistic On N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 06, 2006)
As the US Congress returns after a recess on Monday, the Indian American community has stepped up lobbying to get co-sponsors for the civilian nuclear energy legislation pending before the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- The Dry Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 06, 2006)
The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) could not have chosen a more fitting theme than desertification for this year’s World Environment Day.
- 'Your Navy Is World Class' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Admiral Gary Roughead heads the world's largest combined fleet command, covering 102 million square miles and more than 190 ships and submarines, 1,400 aircraft, 191,000 sailors and Marines and 30,000 civilians.
- 'I Am Not Trembling' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 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 . . .
- China Prepares To Sinocise South-East Asia (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The defence minister Pranab Mukherjee's six day China visit and signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a host of issues, including military to military cooperation has raised a number of issues.
- Direct Targeting Is The Way To Go (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 06, 2006)
It would be very unfortunate if the Government were to give up without a fair trial the idea of reaching fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers, instead of the current practice of routing it through manufacturers which sell the nutrients at a . . .
- Cia Under Pentagon Shadow (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Jun 06, 2006)
After facing criticism from the world over regarding Iraq war, now American President George W Bush & his confiding associate British Prime Minister Tony Blair have started feeling that it was a mistake to thrust war on Iraq.
- West As Abettor Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 06, 2006)
Western powers provided Third World dissidents asylum and indirectly promoted terrorism
- Buy And Make (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 06, 2006)
As Indo-US defence cooperation takes shape American defence manufacturers are now trying to lobby with the Indian government to ease the critical offsets clause in defence contracts as spelt out in the defence procurement procedures 2005 document.
- A Treaty For Labour Safety (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jun 06, 2006)
The decision has raised hopes of a better treatment of Indian workers in the GCC
- Neglected Environment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 06, 2006)
Like other parts of the globe, the World Environment Day was observed in Pakistan as well on June 5. The day is commemorated as an instrument to stimulate awareness worldwide about environmental issues and the need to tackle them seriously.
- Senior Us General Holds Talks With India’S Top Brass (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Washington's highest-ranking military official, General Peter Pace, held wide-ranging talks with the heads of India's armed forces in Delhi on Monday, an official said.
- Indian-Americans Lobbying For Nuclear Deal: Nyt (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
“Indian-Americans have mounted an intensive drive to support President George W Bush’s plan to aid civilian nuclear programme, spending heavily on lobbying, campaign contributions and public relations to persuade Congress to approve the deal,” the . . .
- Revisiting The Great Web Of Life (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 06, 2006)
Way back in 1969 Theodor Rosebury published his seminal book Life on Man, which showed that the human body was teeming with microscopic life of all kinds. In particular Rosebury estimated that some 50 million individual bacteria live on the average . . .
- Ril Eyes Global Exploration Opportunities (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 06, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd has said that the company was pursuing global opportunities in exploration and production of energy sources like oil and natural gas.
- Ban On Film (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The Pakistan government has finally gone ahead and banned the Da Vinci Code, a multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbuster starring one of America's better actors Tom Hanks.
- India Is Now A 'Newspaper Power': Report (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
After IT, India is now also a "newspaper power" with the largest circulation of dailies in the democratic world with free press, a report released here today said.
- India Season In Tokyo (Statesman, Sanjana Joshi, Jun 06, 2006)
Strategic Cooperation May Radically Transform Ties With Japan
- A Legal Case Against Iran (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Speaking last October at a Tehran conference on "The World Without Zionism," Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, referred to Israel as a "disgraceful blot" and called for it to be "wiped off the map."
- ‘Pakistani Factor’ In Canada Terrorism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 05, 2006)
Twelve Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have been arrested in Canada before they could allegedly cause an explosion three-times bigger than the one in Oklahoma by the American terrorist Timothy McVeigh in 1995.
- Iran Warns Us Against Making ‘Wrong Move’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of the world's fourth largest oil exporter, on Sunday said that if the United States “makes a ‘wrong move’ towards Iran,” energy flows in the region would be endangered.
- Singapore Scholarship For Two Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The Singapore-based Global Indian Education Foundation (GIEF), Singapore, which took over the management of the R.S.K. Higher Secondary School, Tiruchi, recently has advanced its `scholarship scheme' entitling the top scorer in Standard X to pursue . . .
- Too Many Bosses (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Jun 05, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- British-Indian Doctors Challenge Rules (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Doctors of Indian origin have initiated legal action against Britain’s health authorities for the recent changes in employment rules that has threatened the future of thousands of doctors from the Indian sub-continent and elsewhere.
- Need For Debate On Defence Budget (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jun 05, 2006)
The demand for opening up the defence budget and giving more details of it to parliament has grown over the years.
- Large Cache Of Cocaine Seized At Indian Port (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau has seized 200 kilograms of cocaine being smuggled into the country in a cargo vessel, a top official said Sunday of what was described as the largest-ever drug haul here.
- Top Us Military Official In India To Boost Strategic Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
General Peter Pace, Washington’s highest-ranking military official, was due to arrive in India on Sunday for a three-day trip aimed at boosting strategic ties, a US official said.
- The Story Of The Iconic Image Of Che Guevara (Hindu, Richard Gott, Jun 05, 2006)
The revolutionary's face has been used both as a symbol of protest and a fashion accessory.
- Fulfil True Needs And Eschew Greed (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Jun 05, 2006)
An ancient Tamil proverb notes, Pasi vanthaal patthum parandhidum, meaning that when hunger overpowers, even ten scruples and principles would be thrown to winds (where ‘ten’ denotes ‘many’).
- Breastfeeding As A Biological Norm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2006)
The `International child growth standard' recently announced by the World Health Organisation is significant for many reasons.
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