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Articles 13921 through 14020 of 31829:
- Rajkumar, Doyen Of Kannada Cinema, Passes Away (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Apr 13, 2006)
Dr. Rajkumar, the doyen of Kannada cinema and citizen extraordinaire of Karnataka, died at a hospital here on Wednesday following cardiac arrest, plunging the State in gloom.
- Al-Qaida Figure Backs Iraqi Insurgents (US News & World Report, LEE KEATH, Apr 13, 2006)
Al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri praised insurgents in Iraq - particularly Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - and called on all Muslims to support them in a video posted Thursday on the Internet.
- Indian Left Complains About Us Saarc Observership (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 13, 2006)
Major allies of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh-led coalition on Wednesday sought explanation from the government about the moves to make the United States an observer in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- Karzai For Cooperation With India And Pakistan (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 13, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called for a trilateral axis of cooperation between Afghanistan, India and Pakistan to facilitate economic prosperity and progress in the region.
- 57 Dead In Karachi ‘Suicide’ Bombing (Daily Times, Abbas Naqvi, Apr 13, 2006)
Top Sunni Tehreek leadership wiped out, funerals on Thursday
Hundreds injured g Blast took place during Maghrib prayers
Bomb stuffed with ball bearings to cause maximum casualties
Police teargas protesters after cars, petrol station torched
- Why America Backed Out (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 13, 2006)
It would be interesting how the new HR body functions in the absence of the US
- For Excellence To Be Inspired, It Must Be Acknowledged’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 13, 2006)
Honourable Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
- Cyprus Backs India’S Cause For Permanent Seat In Un (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Cyprus today came out strongly in support of India’s bid for a permanent membership of the UN Security Council.
- Iran Enriches Uranium (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Apr 13, 2006)
Condemnation from US, Russia, UK
Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday declared his country had succeeded in enriching uranium, a development the United States described as a step in the wrong direction.
- India Needs A Deterrent (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Apr 13, 2006)
Former senator Sam Nunn has given nuclear ayatollahs something to cheer about.
- Stick To Currency Controls (Times of India, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Apr 13, 2006)
Who's afraid of full capital account convertibility? Is it the Left, perennial party-poopers in the perception of some, which is raising doubts about flight of capital?
- The Limits To Openness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 13, 2006)
The latest Trade Policy Review (TPR) of the United States, carried out by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in late March, shows how the largest economy and one of the most open markets in the world, is itself not immune to pressures and . . .
- Indian Fire ‘Cover Up’ Sparks Violent Protests (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Doctors go on strike after being beaten by angry relatives
- Iran Walks The N-Talk, Fuels Us Anger (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Iran has announced that its nuclear engineers had advanced to a new phase in the enrichment of uranium, and president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a series of the country's ruling clerics declared that the nation would now speed ahead, in defiance of . . .
- Blair More Isolated On Iraq Issue After Berlusconi's Defeat (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 13, 2006)
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair faces more isolation in Europe over Iraq after the defeat of his Italian counterpart and political ally Silvio Berlusconi.
- Work Through The Npt To Address Concerns About Iranian Nukes (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Apr 13, 2006)
The confrontation between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear program remains very menacing. President George W. Bush has dismissed as "wild speculation" reports that US officials were planning military attacks against suspect sites in Iran.
- An Explosive Move (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Iran’s provocative boast that it has successfully enriched uranium has been received with almost universal condemnation. In language that is strikingly, and deliberately, similar, America, Britain, France and Russia yesterday spoke of a “step in the . . .
- The War On Iran (Asia Times, Pepe Escobar, Apr 13, 2006)
"All options, including the military one, are on the table."
- After Diplomacy Fails (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Apr 13, 2006)
Even were one to believe that, despite its low and stagnant per capita gross national product and having the world's second-largest reserves of petroleum and natural gas, Iran would invest uneconomically in nuclear power generation, one would also . . . .
- End Of Story: Israel Triumphant (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
In Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold, virtually everyone in the town knows that Santiago Nasar is going to be murdered. Yet nobody can or will do anything to prevent it.
- India Needs A Deterrent (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Apr 12, 2006)
Former senator Sam Nunn has given nuclear ayatollahs something to cheer about.
- China's Surplus Soars, Clouding Hu's U.S. Visit (International Herald Tribune, Keith Bradsher, Apr 12, 2006)
China disclosed on Tuesday that its trade surplus surged to $11.19 billion in March, its second- highest monthly surplus ever and a level that could increase trade friction before President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States next week.
- Bordering On Insanity (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 12, 2006)
Apparently the misadventure in Iraq, and its enormous cost, has not deterred the Bush administration’s fierce sabre-rattling.
- Iran May Get Off The Hook (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 12, 2006)
THE Western Press is leaking out reports persistently about possible American military strike against Iran. However, Iranians feel very confident in believing that this is mere part of the psychological warfare to pressurize Tehran to
- Beyond The Ramp (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 12, 2006)
The Indian fashion design industry is an oxymoron in more ways than one, in part because “fashion” exists at too many levels in the country to have any one meaning, and in part because “industry” would be giving it a status it neither . . .
- The Great Transformation (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Apr 12, 2006)
The author is professor of international relations and global politics, Delhi University
- Art And The Controversy (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Apr 12, 2006)
Sunil Gangopadhyay and MF Husain must know that right to freedom of speech and expression is not unconditional, says Anuradha Dutt
- Stalin Launches His Re-Election Campaign In Thousand Lights (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Apr 12, 2006)
Urges electorate to ensure victory of all DPA candidates
- Sc On Daily Wagers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 12, 2006)
No right to claim regularisation
- Swansong For A King? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 12, 2006)
Gyanendra, it seems, will never learn
- N-Deal Hurdles (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 12, 2006)
That the Indo-US nuclear deal could run into trouble was expected.
- Barasinghaanyone? (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Apr 12, 2006)
Recently, The Pioneer reported that Madhya Pradesh Government is working out the modalities of receiving royalty from US Government for allowing sports hunting of swamp deer (locally called "barasingha").
- Why A Re-Think On Gm Crops Is Needed (Business Line, Aldas Janaiah, Apr 12, 2006)
The Government must review rigorously and re-position its policy on extending approval to MNC-owned GM crop varieties.
- Karachi On Edge, Suspected Suicide Bomber Targets Sunnis, Kills 45 (Indian Express, Aamir Ashraf, Apr 12, 2006)
A bomb targeting Sunni Muslims killed at least 45 people and wounded dozens in the Pakistani city of Karachi today as they gathered to celebrate the anniversary of Prophet Mohammad’s birth, officials said.
- Excreted Coffee Beans (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 12, 2006)
Move over, Song Bird Coffee! Coffee, brewed from beans grown in the rainforests of Latin America and cultivated in the shade of trees where the song birds nested, was branded for conscientious US coffee consumers who felt they were doing their . . .
- Navalpat Panchayat President Rajaram Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A special team has been formed to nab the gang which attacked the DMK leader He was attacked indiscriminately while returning home after taking part in a temple festival
- How Serious Is Baluch Trouble? (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
Baluchistan is on the boil which has external dimensions linked to Iran and US
- Footsoldier Of Faith (Indian Express, Riju Dave Mehta, Apr 12, 2006)
Ideological battles are waged from unlikely turfs.
- Market And Mayhem In Meerut (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Apr 12, 2006)
The footage on TV and pictures in papers brought me head on with a past I had left 16 years behind.
- While Facilitating Access To High-Quality Institutions, Quality Itself Must Not Suffer’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 12, 2006)
Ten days before Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh revealed a plan for 27 per cent reservation in higher education, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken in detail about the need to balance social equity with a commitment to excellence
- Us Govt Says Abu Ghraib Photos Real (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Nearly two years after graphic photographs of detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were published worldwide, the US government on Monday for the first time authenticated 74 of the images as being part of the original compact disc that . . .
- India Wins Luther Terry Award For Tobacco Control (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Apr 12, 2006)
The enactment of tobacco laws in the country might have left many unhappy with lawsuits pending against it in courts, but it has brought appreciation for the Health Ministry from world over.
- Will Congress Survive As Fiefdom Of Gandhi Dynasty? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 12, 2006)
On the last day of his life Mahatama Gandhi wrote a will wanting the Congress to be dissolved. In his view it was a movement not a political outfit to govern the country. Alive, he would have destroyed it.
- On Prophet's Birthday, Blast In Karachi; 55 Killed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
At least 55 people were killed and some 100 injured when a bomb exploded at a religious gathering in Karachi Tuesday evening, Pakistan's Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said.
- Cyprus President Arrives On Five-Day State Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos arrived here today on a five-day state visit aimed at enhancing bilateral relations, particularly in trade and economic cooperation, and have discussions with Indian leaders on an array of issues including . . .
- A Metaphor Of India (Times of India, Gurcharan Das, Apr 12, 2006)
Raghav FM Mansoorpur l is a radio station which used to beam Bhojpuri and filmi songs, give community news and advice on all sorts of things, including AIDS and polio. It was started by Raghav Mahto, a 22-year-old mechanic in Mansoorpur, Bihar.
- Restore Democracy, U.S. Tells Gyanendra (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
"As a friend of Nepal, we must state that King Gyanendra's decision to impose direct Palace rule in Nepal 14 months ago has failed in every regard," the United States said in a scathing attack on the Monarch's ways.
- India To Back U.S. Entry Into Saarc As Observer (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 12, 2006)
Issue may figure at Dhaka meet
SAARC decided at its November meeting to allow China, Japan as observers
South Korea too showing interest in SAARC, says Bangladesh daily
- An Alternative To Being A Couch Potato (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 12, 2006)
How is IPTV better than the traditional telly? You can see programmes of your choice, at the pace you want to, by controlling the stream through pause, fast and rewind options.
- N-Deal Violates Sovereignty: Rajnath (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Apr 12, 2006)
Taking a break from the Bharat Suraksha Yatra in Ranchi today BJP president Rajnath Singh rushed to Meerut to pay his condolence to the victims of the Monday inferno.
- An Iran-U.S. Dialogue And Arab Anxieties (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 12, 2006)
Apprehensions about the capacity of Iran — as a wealthier and more influential regional power — to stir up trouble in West Asia through a growing trans-national Shia network are growing.
- Aiadmk-Mdmk Alliance Not Based On Principles, Says Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
"DPA will highlight the achievements of the Central Government"
- Andhra Bank Launches `Kisan Vikas Cards' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Farmers sanctioned crop loans can draw money at ATMs Farmers sanctioned crop loans can draw money at ATMs
Four lakh-odd farmers can now draw money at any of the bank's 390 ATMs
Chief Minister distributes awards to best farmers and SHGs
- Kumaraswamy Promises Support For Uplift Of Muslims In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Announces proposal to have a member from the community in the KPSC
- Sonia Concerned Over Delhi Developments; Calls For Solution (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Apr 12, 2006)
Congress chief has taken two review meetings on the issue of sealing, demolitions
Upset over the manner charges are made against Centre
Delhi Government and MCD `mishandled' the issue
Kapil Sibal should have avoided going to Press on the matter
- There Is No Alternative To Big Dams (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Apr 12, 2006)
Medha Patkar’s fast in the heart of Delhi and her forcible removal on medical grounds, amply illustrates an unavoidable duty of the State. Many social activists in the country are ironically out of tune with the grassroots reality they . . .
- Run, Condi, Run! (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Apr 12, 2006)
I had lunch with Condoleezza Rice the other day, towards the end of her whistle-stop tour of Blackburn and Liverpool in England.
- India’S Stake In Baluchistan (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
American observers critical of General Pervez Musharraf’s half-hearted efforts to put down Al-Qaida and Taliban forces in the Waziristan area of north-west Pakistan, attribute the unabated tribal insurgency in Baluchistan for it.
- From Commission To Council (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Apr 12, 2006)
UN’s more intrusive human rights body
- Bush's Childhood Home In Texas Now A Museum (Reuters, Jeff Franks, Apr 12, 2006)
The modest house in Midland, Texas, where the Bush family lived in the 1950s was reopened on Tuesday as a museum commemorating the childhood of U.S. President George W. Bush.
- Take Back The Towers (Deccan Herald, DENNIS SMITH, Apr 12, 2006)
The planned World Trade Center memorial has not been built for lack of money and public indifference
- From Doubt To Mistrust To Anger (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 12, 2006)
Last summer after Nepal’s King Gyanendra engineered a bloodless coup and seized absolute power, royalists washed his feet with “holy water” to express allegiance.
- Killers On The Roads (Daily Excelsior, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Apr 12, 2006)
More than forty people are killed as overspeeding bus falls into Chenab in Kishtwar, a small school girl is killed on Kachi Chawni road, where traffic moves at snails pace at any given time, due to driver's fault.
- 50 Injured As Nepal Simmers (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 12, 2006)
Intensifying their agitation, tens of thousands of Opposition activists in Nepal today defied a curfew to protest against King Gyanendra's rule as the police fired on protestors leaving over 50 of them injured and also arrested 10 journalists from . . .
- Buck Stops Here (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 12, 2006)
The law has a long arm, if it decides to use it. Salman Khan may have killed protected chinkara deer seven-and-a-half years ago, but he has been sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a heavy fine for all that.
- Bush Wins 2006 Jefferson Muzzle Award (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
President George W Bush and the Justice Department are among the winners of the 2006 Jefferson Muzzle awards, given by a free-speech group to those it considers the most egregious violators of constitutional rights in the past year.
- Fmt: Pakistan For Dialogue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
No response to strategic restraint regime
India-U.S. deal had "implications for strategic stability"
Pakistan committed to non-proliferation restraint regime
- Modern-Day Sisyphuses (Deccan Herald, SHASHI DESHPANDE, Apr 12, 2006)
They are the faces of new India but instead of celebrating their prosperity we should hail their achievements
- Iran: Us To Consult Unsc Members On Next Course Of Action (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that Iran has successfully enriched uranium for the first time has only underscored the international community's "serious concerns", the United States has said and made it known that it will be consulting . . .
- An Iranian Missile Crisis? (Washington Post, David Ignatius, Apr 12, 2006)
The emerging confrontation between the United States and Iran is "the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion," argues Graham Allison, the Harvard University professor who wrote the classic study of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 showdown with the . . . .
- Iran Again Holds Hostages — Bush And The Gop (MSNBC.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A generation ago, the Iranian hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter and the Democrats the White House. Now, 26 years later, another Iranian hostage crisis threatens to do the same thing to George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
- ‘America Planning Strike To Topple Iran Regime’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
In the New Yorker magazine, Seymour Hersh, America’s best known investigative journalist, concluded that the Bush administration is even considering the use of a tactical nuclear weapon against deep Iranian bunkers, but that top generals in the . . .
- Taliban Offer Peace Talks In North Waziristan (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Apr 11, 2006)
Tribal Taliban offered to enter into negotiations with the government for peace in the tribal areas as thousands attended a jirga in Mir Ali, the second biggest town in North Waziristan, on Monday.
- A Nation Built On Immigrant Genes (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Apr 11, 2006)
If you've been following the big immigration debate, you might get the impression that the primary economic advantage of liberal economic immigration policies is that they supply America with low-wage workers willing to do grueling, unskilled jobs . . .
- Iran May Get Off The Hook (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 11, 2006)
The Western Press is leaking out reports persistently about possible American military strike against Iran. However, Iranians feel very confident in believing that this is mere part of the psychological warfare to pressurize Tehran to abandon its . . .
- Bordering On Insanity (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 11, 2006)
Apparently the misadventure in Iraq, and its enormous cost, has not deterred the Bush administration’s fierce sabre-rattling.
- Indian N-Deal Exceeds Brief To Pakistan: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The civilian nuclear technology cooperation agreement between India and the United States was “quite different” to what Washington had been conveying to Islamabad, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
- Tatas Blink On Idea (The Financial Express, V SRIDHAR, Apr 11, 2006)
The recent move by Maxis Communications, Malaysia’s biggest cell phone operator to buy out 48.14% stake in Idea Cellular for about Rs 12,500 crore is one of a series of large investments being made by foreign telecom companies in India. Earlier,
- On The Rampage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 11, 2006)
While not an agreeable pastime, reading Mr Arjun Singh's mind is not rocket science either.
- Leander Class (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 11, 2006)
India's surprisingly narrow victory against Pakistan in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group throws up more questions than it answers.
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