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Articles 14121 through 14220 of 31829:
- Democracy By Choice (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 10, 2006)
The US gives little value to popular mandate and counts monarchs and dictators as its staunch supporters
- Bush Should Come Clean On Cia Leak’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened, a leading Republican senator said on Sunday.
- The Challenges In An Era Of Liberalisation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 10, 2006)
A Pay Commission is often not the culmination of difficulties, but their starting point. An unending exercise in lobbying and activist interventions by various coalition partners seems to be on the Government's agenda in the next few years.
- A City For The Asian Century (Deccan Herald, Ken Livingstone, Apr 10, 2006)
In meeting the challenge of the new economies, Britain has a trump card in multicultural London
- Capitalise On Brain Power (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Apr 10, 2006)
Concern has been expressed in some quarters over the trend of doctors leaving premier Government hospitals to join private ones.
- It's Bush's Turn (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
If President George W. Bush wants serious immigration reform as badly as he says he does, he had better step up soon to get his party united behind him. Otherwise the best hope in a generation to fix the immigration system will end up as . . .
- Africa's Bitter Harvest (Jordan Times, G. Pascal Zachary, Apr 10, 2006)
Souley Madi is one of the most productive cotton growers in the Badjengo, Cameroon, an area where the lush forests of central Africa give way to the semi-arid Sahel.
- Hussein's Trials (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The crimes committed against the Iraqi people by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship are so numerous that there is no realistic possibility of . . .
- Immigration Logjams And Incompetence (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Lawmakers who think the United States government could process 11 million illegal aliens in a "guest worker" program should be forced to listen to what whistleblower Michael J. Maxwell told a panel of angry lawmakers last week.
- Cyprus Welcomes Nuclear Agreement (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 10, 2006)
Supports efforts to promote civilian nuclear supply for economic development
- China's Roadmap (Jordan Times, Joseph Stiglitz, Apr 10, 2006)
China is about to adopt its 11th five-year plan, setting the stage for the continuation of probably the most remarkable economic transformation in history, while improving the well-being of almost a quarter of the world's population.
- Democracy Now? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 10, 2006)
"The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations."
- Votes In The Time Of Tv (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 10, 2006)
The phenomenon of political life following art in Tamil Nadu is all set to enter a new phase. The original scriptwriter in Mr Karunanidhi has finally led him to break away from the formula of pitting one star against another.
- After Aligarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
There was a time in the 1980s when "religious riot in Aligarh" was not so much a news occurrence as a cliché. Like Kanpur and Meerut, Gorakhpur and Varanasi, it was one of the many Uttar Pradesh towns seemingly cursed by persistent social violence.
- Take Sting Out Of Bite (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Apr 10, 2006)
If the US has had to begin looking for remnants of Stinger surface-to-air shoulder-fired missiles it gave the Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet Army in the 1980s, there is trouble brewing within the "coalition against terror" and Pakistan is . . .
- From Home Of Kashmir’S Head Priest, A ‘Feminist’ Magazine (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Apr 09, 2006)
She is edited and founded by Sheeba Masoodi, also known as wife of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq; piece on dating creates heat at launch.
- Pak Embassy Official’S Claim Triggers Us Media Interest (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 09, 2006)
Investigative reporters, including a couple from a major American TV network, are trying to dig up details of a claim made by a senior Foreign Office official in Islamabad that Pakistan spent thousands of dollars through its lobbyists on member . . .
- The Die Is Cast Against Defiant Baloch Chieftains (News International, Tariq Butt, Apr 09, 2006)
The government is tightening the noose around the neck of three defiant Baloch chieftains to force them into renouncing aggression.
- Two Taliban Commanders Killed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
Afghan and US-led coalition forces killed three Taliban, including two commanders directly linked to deadly attacks, and captured five more in a series of operations, the coalition said on Saturday while a suicide car bomb outside a Nato military . . .
- Canada Deports Three For Links To Pakistani Group (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Canada deported three men late on Wednesday with links to a Pakistani group and considered "a security risk", who had earlier been convicted of trying to bomb a Hindu temple, officials told AFP on Thursday.
- 14 Injured In Balochistan Violence (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Apr 08, 2006)
At least 14 people were injured in landmine blasts and exchange of fire between security troops and unknown armed men in Wadh Tehsil of the Khuzdar district and Dera Bugti.
- Suicide Blast At Us Base Hurts 3 In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
A suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden car outside a US military base in Afghanistan on Friday, wounding three Americans in the second attack on a US base in 24 hours.
- Us Denies N-Deal Is Anti-China (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
The United States has rejected an increasingly popular notion in some circles, shared also in Beijing, that its initiative to build an across-the-board partnership with India is aimed at counterbalancing the growing might of China.
- Quite Scary (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 08, 2006)
The picture presented by the State Pollution Control Board about the level of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the air of this city is quite alarming.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Has 'Good' Bipartisan Support In Congress (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
The United States has said that there has been "good" bipartisan support to its nuclear agreement with India in Congress and maintained that the administration is willing to answer questions and issues that may be raised on Capitol Hill to this effect.
- Nepal Imposes Curfew Ahead Of Anti-King Protests (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Apr 08, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government imposed a day curfew in Kathmandu and its neighbouring areas on Saturday and some mobile phone services were disrupted, hours before a rally against King Gyanendra's rule.
- Bush, Gop Struggle For Public Approval (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
President Bush has hit new lows in public opinion for his handling of Iraq and the war on terror and for his overall job performance. Polling also shows the Republican Party surrendering its advantage on national security.
- The Future Of Jihad (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 08, 2006)
The jihadis of today are increasingly locking horns with the US-led Western world.
- Left To Review Govt Support After Polls (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 08, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Friday said it would review its support for the government after state elections are out of the way next month.
- Problems In Textbook Screening (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Apr 08, 2006)
The Education, Science and Technology Ministry has screened and approved 306 textbooks, most of them for first-year high-school students, for use from next spring.
- Right Royal Mess (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 08, 2006)
But Nepal’s top gun least perturbed
- Who Are These Miscreants? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 08, 2006)
The death toll in paramilitary forces’ counter-offensive against miscreants in North Waziristan on Wednesday has risen to 40 as more bodies were recovered on Thursday.
- Even-Handed Approach On N-Deal Needed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 08, 2006)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the initiative of the US-India civilian nuclear deal should be enveloped in a nuclear restraint regime, allowing production of fissile material for all of South Asia. In an interview in New York, he said . . .
- Need For Free, Fair Polls (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 08, 2006)
Us assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has met ARD leaders Amin Fahim and Raja Zafarul Haq in Islamabad on Thursday to have a feel of the political currents in Pakistan.
- N-Deal With India May Take A Year: Boucher (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Rules out any fresh condition, negotiations
- Pack Journalism Can Be Lethal (Japan Times, GREGORY CLARK, Apr 08, 2006)
Some call it pack journalism. It is also lazy journalism.
- Stifling Competition In Europe (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
How do we Europeans become more innovative and competitive? According to a recent European Commission study, we are already 20 years behind the U.S. information technology industry, and we are spending a paltry 1.9 percent of our combined gross . . .
- Iraqi Women Argue, But Agree On Role (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
In a roomful of Iraqi and American women, brought together to explore how they can join to build a new Iraq, the discussions are stuck in recriminations, accusations, the past.
- Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 71 At Shiite Mosque (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Three suicide bombers, including at least one who appeared to be a woman, exploded in a sea of Friday worshipers at the main mosque of the most powerful Shiite political party in Iraq, killing at least 71 people and wounding at least 140.
- Poor Health (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 08, 2006)
Preventive action is necessary to check epidemics
- South Asia Should Unite Behind One Of Its Own (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Apr 08, 2006)
Why doesn't India support the candidature of Jayantha Dhanapala for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations?
- Right Thrust (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 08, 2006)
The foreign trade policy will make Indian exports grow
- Among Sufi Mystics (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 08, 2006)
Professor Coleman Barks who teaches poetry in the University of Georgia (US) is today regarded as an authority on the poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi (1201-1273).
- Civilizing Mission (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Apr 08, 2006)
The US still mistakes national resistance for terrorism
- Desperate Acts (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 08, 2006)
It is a matter of immense relief that Mr Shoaib Nabi Lone, an independent candidate in the Sangrama constituency, has escaped a militant attack on Thursday.
- Useful Despite Limitations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 08, 2006)
The annual supplement to the five-year Foreign Trade Policy (2004-09), unveiled on Friday, like its predecessor, was not expected to break new ground in policy initiatives.
- Painful Progress (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 08, 2006)
Before Medha Patkar and fellow activists embarked on their current struggle, they should have considered two things.
- A Beacon For The Oppressed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 08, 2006)
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has taken on the world's major oil companies by increasing the government's stakes in the country's petroleum assets.
- Uma Rallies Support For Her Rae Bareli Find Against Sonia (Indian Express, PIYUSH SRIVASTAVA, Apr 08, 2006)
Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharati has selected Prabha Singh, a housewife from Bulandshahr, to contest against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli bypoll.
- Initiatives To Make India Global Hub For Gems And Auto Parts (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Apr 08, 2006)
Product and Market Focus schemes to replace Target Plus; EPCG terms eased
- Mitigating The Impact Of Natural Disasters (Business Standard, RAGHAV GAIHA, Apr 08, 2006)
A 5 percentage point reduction in the proportion of poor countries would reduce disaster-related deaths by roughly a similar amount.
- The Low-Down On India-Us Nuclear Dea (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 08, 2006)
Pakistan seems to have woken up to the United States-India nuclear deal the two countries signed during President George Bush’s visit to South Asia last month.
- Rehabilitation Is A Cost, Don't Fudge It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2006)
The government’s insensitivity towards Medha Patkar’s fast-unto-death and the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) dharna in Delhi is of a piece with the long years of systemic apathy to the larger issue of rehabilitation of local communities, either . . .
- Not Just Iit And Iim, Arjun Quota Regime To Cover All (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Apr 08, 2006)
Not just IIMs, IITs and Central universities. Top academic institutes, cutting across various fields, from medicine to law, film to fashion, hotel management to mass communication, are set to come under HRD Minister Arjun Singh’s plan to impose . . .
- India To Exercise Caution In Forging Free-Trade Deals (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
India must exercise “great caution” in negotiating free-trade agreements (FTAs) with more developed neighbours, finance minister P Chidambaram said in remarks published here Friday.
- Dialogue Of The Deaf? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 08, 2006)
Even though pessimists have already called it “a dialogue of the deaf”, the very fact that Iran and America are said to be exploring the possibility of talks on the Iraqi situation shows the two sides’ desire to open a channel of communication.
- Treat India, Pakistan Equally, Aziz Asks Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
PM says AQ Khan chapter closed
Calls for diplomatic efforts to resolve Iran nuclear crisis
Says no militant training camps in Pakistan
- Stay Focused On Competitiveness (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2006)
If India’s exports have grown 25% last year, on top of a 26% spurt the year before, what can account for such growth if not our foreign trade policy? Commerce minister Kamal Nath posed this rhetorical question while releasing this year’s supplement . . .
- Life Returns To Chernobyl (Tribune, Andrew Osborn , Apr 08, 2006)
The world’s worst nuclear accident created a radiation-soaked wasteland, covering an 18 mile radius in modern day Ukraine.
- India-U.S. Deal Should Address Non-Proliferation: E.U. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
The European Union on Friday said the India-United States nuclear deal, being debated in U.S. Congress, should address the basic issue of non-proliferation.
- Pensioners, Traders Hard Hit By Sbi Employees' Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Transaction worth crores of rupees blocked in Belgaum
Strike entered fifth day on Friday Thousands of cheques have not been cleared
- China Is Wagging A Theatrical Finger (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Apr 08, 2006)
Even as its leaders encourage US bashing, China’s real structural problems are growing silently
- In The Wake Of The Bush Visit (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Apr 08, 2006)
In the aftermath of President George Bush’s visit, too much importance is being attached to inanities, while among the important points only the nuclear deal with India has monopolised comments, giving an impression as if all that matters to . . .
- Endangered Cbm (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 08, 2006)
Red tape proves a roadblock
- Towards A Partnership (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 08, 2006)
Does the US want to control Indian foreign and economic policy in the long run? And does it to want to attain this objective by following the `strategic partnership' route, one of the vital aspects of which is the nuclear deal?
- Damn Good Dam (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Apr 08, 2006)
On 15 March the Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a Bill to nullify the 27 February Supreme Court order authorising the raising of water level in the Mullaperiyar dam from 136 feet to 142 feet and permitting further strengthening of the . . .
- Kashmir A Flashpoint, Says Rice (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Agreeing that Kashmir was "a flash point", which "has sparked conflict in the region", US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday said that the United States did "actively encourage the parties to find a resolution".
- Indian, American Nuclear Regulators Exchange Views (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Part of the nuclear safety cooperation programme
- N-Deal: Vajpayee Accuses Govt Of Being Soft On Usa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
As the US Congress prepares to take up a Bill to amend laws to have full civil nuclear energy cooperation with India under the nuke deal, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today accused the UPA government of “giving more concessions” to . . .
- N-Deal Fiasco Will Hit Ties, Warns Rice (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Apr 07, 2006)
Urging members of Congress to support legislation that would enable a nuclear deal with India to reach fruition, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday warned the US-India relationship would suffer a "significant setback" if this agreement . .
- How To Write A Perfect Novel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
First, many non-resident Indians have taken to full-time writing supplemented by teaching and journalism.
- Israeli Poll And Palestinians (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Apr 07, 2006)
SINCE this country is preoccupied with an array of domestic problems — the ongoing assembly elections in five states, the underplayed Maoist (naxalite) menace, the overplayed office-of-profit issue, and the uncertain future of the Indo-US nuclear deal — i
- Berserk Jawans (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 07, 2006)
The CRPF jawan’s shooting his superior, and colleagues, in the chief minister’s residence in Jammu is another reminder that our security personnel are increasingly prone to getting “stressed out” by prolonged counter-insurgency missions in . . .
- Strike Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 07, 2006)
The indefinite strike by the State Bank of India employees needs to be settled without further delay.
- Planet Fetish (Telegraph, Pathik Guha, Apr 07, 2006)
Dava Sobel’s prize-winning bestseller, Longitude, was about the 18th-century clockmaker John Harrison’s bid to save lives at sea because of the inability to determine an East-West position.
- In The Twilight Zone (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 07, 2006)
It’s the realm of the unknown; it deals with the supernatural world and its possible influences, it’s a quality hidden from our senses — it’s occult tradition that has had a very special place in the history of social evolution both in the West . . .
- Nri Seeks Licence For Ayurvedic Doctors In Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
An Indian American practitioner of ayurveda wants those who practice this ancient Indian medical system to get licences in the US.
- Bush Authorised Leaks On Iraq: Us Court Papers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
US President George W Bush authorised intelligence leaks ahead of the US invasion of Iraq, indicted former top White House aide I Lewis "Scooter" Libby has said in court papers.
- Israel Arrests Hamas Cabinet Minister (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Israeli police on Thursday arrested a minister in the Palestinian's new Hamas government, the first time Israel has arrested a minister since the Cabinet was sworn in last week, Hamas officials said.
- Upa Govt Grants "More Concessions" On Nuclear Deal: Vajpayee (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Accusing the UPA Government of "giving more and more concessions" to the US on the nuclear deal, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today demanded that India should try to get an all time waiver from Washington as was the case with China.
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