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Articles 14321 through 14420 of 31829:
- Saarc And The United States (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 06, 2006)
Our Foreign Office spokesperson in Islamabad informed the press on Tuesday that the Unites States had approached the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for observer status. The SAARC standing committee of foreign secretaries . . .
- Revive Kashmir’S Silk Industry (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Apr 06, 2006)
The silk industry in Kashmir has a glorious heritage, which has eroded due to unchecked felling of mulberry trees during the past 16 years of militancy. The annual cocoon production has fallen from about 8 lakh kgs to only 2.5 lakh kgs last year.
- Rice Urges U.S.-India Nuclear Deal In Congress (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 06, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday urged Congress to approve a nuclear energy deal with India, saying it would reduce New Delhi's dependence on Iranian oil and create thousands of new American jobs.
- Catwalk Snafus (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 05, 2006)
Just how sick and narrow-minded a society we are becomes evident from the ridiculous fuss that has been generated by what the trade describes as “wardrobe malfunctioning”.
- Rice Dismisses Permanent Us Bases In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has brushed aside suggestions that the United States wants an indefinite troop presence and permanent military bases in Iraq.
- Jitters On The Left (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
The memorandum submitted to the Election Commission by Left Front leaders on Monday, protesting against the manner in which the former has been going about arranging for the forthcoming Assembly election in West Bengal, is a clear indication of the . . .
- Lust And The Lonely City (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
While political authority demands more taxes, living itself has become burdensome in Delhi, says Gautam Sen
- Strategic Horizon Of Indo-Us Deal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
The India-United States agreement is in line with Bush's objective of curbing Islamist strength which is dependent on petroleum, says Prafull Goradia
- Saddam To Be Tried For Genocide (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Iraqi tribunal announced today that Saddam Hussein would be tried on genocide charges over the Anfal campaign against Kurds that left an estimated 180,000 people dead.
- Hamas Minister To Visit China And East Asia (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
China says it respects Hamas’ election victory
- Saddam To Face Trial For Genocide (Indian Express, SAMEER N YACOUB, Apr 05, 2006)
The Iraq tribunal on Tuesday announced new criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and six others for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity in 1980s crackdown against the Kurds, including the gassing of thousands of civilians in the village of . .
- Sbi Stir Hits Customers Hard (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
State Bank of India’s operations remained crippled throughout the country for the second day today, but the government made it clear it would not oblige the bank’s employees, who have struck work indefinitely demanding higher pension.
- India To Set Off Pr Blitz On Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, K S Subrahmanya, Apr 05, 2006)
Over the next two weeks, Delhi will play host to as many as three US Congressional delegations in not-so-veiled efforts to secure their endorsement for the nuclear deal that ran into some initial trouble in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- Mumbai Verdict A Hope For Rape Victims (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Apr 05, 2006)
In the labyrinthian world of the criminal justice system in India, the Mumbai sessions court's order sentencing a police constable to 12-year RI for raping a minor could give hope to thousands of rape victims waiting for justice.
- Sbi Turns To Other Banks' Atms For Help (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Millions of State Bank of India (SBI) customers, tired of ATMs running dry, heaved a sigh of relief as the bank on Tuesday waived off the Rs 30 per transaction interchange fee it charges them for using ATMs of other banks.
- In Breach Of World Trade Rules (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 05, 2006)
The Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently ruled illegal certain provisions of the U.S. laws — and thereby hangs a tale.
- Teaching Dissidence To Ltte (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 05, 2006)
After four agonising years, the Sri Lankan peace process has boiled down to a single issue that has nothing to do with the rights of Tamils.
- An Emergency For Rural Childhood (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Apr 05, 2006)
The challenge of educational reform in the age of globalisation is very complex and rural children are especially vulnerable at a time when India is witnessing an unprecedented economic growth.
- India Welcomes Maoist Ceasefire In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Expresses the hope that it would be of a "permanent nature"
- No Sure Way Of Defining (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Apr 05, 2006)
Is Indian “street” English (Englishes, rather) as valid as any other? The question isn’t, of course, one for India or English alone.
- Hamas Leader Takes Conciliatory Note In U.N. Letter (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Palestinians' new Hamas foreign minister has written U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan referring to a "two-state solution" for the Middle East, a conciliatory phrase the world should take note of, a top Palestinian diplomat said on Tuesday.
- U.S. Plays Down Iran Ship Visits To India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 05, 2006)
The United States on Monday confirmed that two Iranian navy ships had visited Indian ports last month, but played down the contact as the Bush administration struggles to win congressional approval for a landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal.
- Defiant Saddam To Face New Trial (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could be fighting for his life in a second trial soon
- Hunger Strike Reignites India's Narmada Dam Row (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 05, 2006)
A week-long hunger strike by India's most famous environmental activist has helped reignite a two-decades-old row over a controversial hydroelectric dam.
- U.S. Lawmaker Backs India Deal As Congress Mulls Changes (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 05, 2006)
A leading Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday voiced strong support for a landmark nuclear energy deal with India and predicted the U.S. Congress would eventually approve the controversial accord.
- Us Says Reports Of Iranian Ships Call At Indian Port 'Overwritten' (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The United States has dismissed as ''overwritten'' reports that India was training or contributing to Iran's military capabilities just because two ships with Iranian naval cadets had made port calls in southern India last month.
- Haute Morals (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
When 140 million people got a flash of Janet Jackson’s right breast on TV a couple of years ago, many Americans got very angry.
- In The Groove (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 05, 2006)
The US recognizes south Asia as India’s sphere of influence
- Rice To Testify On N-Deal Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gets ready to brief the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tomorrow on the advantages of a civil nuclear deal with India, the Bush Administration has stepped up its “intensive lobbying” to defuse growing . . .
- Saddam Faces New Genocide Trial (Reuters, Mussab al-Khairallah, Apr 05, 2006)
Saddam Hussein will stand trial on new charges of genocide against Kurds in the late 1980s, the court trying him for crimes against humanity said on Tuesday.
- Fdi To Be Focus Of New Foreign Trade Policy, Says Govt (Deccan Herald, Kamal Nath, Apr 05, 2006)
The new Foreign Trade Policy, to be unveiled on April 7, would focus mainly on attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and generating employment for the youth, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath said here on Tuesday
- Afghan President To Visit India From April 9 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will undertake a week-long visit here from April 9 to further consolidate the ties between the two countries.
- Female Foeticide (Daily Excelsior, Arunesh Mahajan, Apr 05, 2006)
Man is said to be the crown of creation. He has been blessed with the highest blessings of God like the power of reasoning, imagination, attention, will-power. No doubt man has made full utilization of these blessings of God. He has discovered ways and me
- Will India Emerge As Global Power ? (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Apr 05, 2006)
For sceptics, the suggestion of an area of peace in Asia remains wishful thinking.
- American Ceos Throw In Weight Behind Us-India N-Deal (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 05, 2006)
Ahead of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Congressional testimony on the Indo-US nuclear deal today, top US business leaders have asked legislators to pass laws needed for atomic energy cooperation with India saying the "historic opportunity" . . .
- American Ceos Join Ranks Over Indo-Us Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 05, 2006)
Ahead of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Congressional testimony on the Indo-US nuclear deal on Wednesday, top US business leaders have asked legislators to pass laws needed for atomic energy cooperation with India saying the "historic opportunity"
- Indian Islamic Schools Offer Lesson In Harmony (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 05, 2006)
Indian schoolgirl Julita Oraon, a devout Christian, never misses Sunday mass, but the rest of her week is spent studying Arabic and Sufi literature among other subjects at an Islamic religious school, or madrasa.
- Peace Won’T Come This Way (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 05, 2006)
The vast majority of western commentators are convinced that last week’s Israeli election signifies a crucial break from the past: for the first time most voters rejected Eretz Israel, the long-nurtured notion that one day the territory of Israel . . .
- Indo-Us Deal Can Spoil Security In Region, Us Told (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Kasuri shares perspective on issue with Boucher; stresses
package approach to prevent arms race
- Cj Shows The Way (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 05, 2006)
The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has noted that jails are overcrowded and the Government must send foreign prisoners back to their homelands .
- Saddam Faces Genocide Trial (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Saddam Hussein will stand trial on new charges of genocide against Kurds in the late 1980s, the court trying him for crimes against humanity said on Tuesday.
- Investigating Disappearances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 05, 2006)
A disturbing phenomenon that has late surfaced in Pakistan is that of ‘disappearances’.
- A Hapless Predicament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The greatest challenge for the truly virtuous is to cope with the tight spot when their very integrity becomes suspect.
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 05, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- Kashmir Solution: Difficult Without Musharraf, Says Mirwaiz (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Apr 05, 2006)
A solution to the Kashmir dispute will be difficult to find in the absence of President General Pervez Musharraf, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman, said on Tuesday.
- The Flawed Trial Of Saddam Hussein (Hindu, Sadakat Kadri, Apr 05, 2006)
The trial of the Iraqi dictator, promising justice while presuming guilt, is a parody of Nuremberg and legally irredeemable.
- Pak Urges Us For Parity With India In N-Energy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday urged the US to address its "legitimate" civil nuclear energy needs and treat it at par with India in this vital sector.
- We Should Not Play Bush Game Of Chicken On Iran (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
President's tactics echo buildup to invasion of Iraq, says Haroon Siddiqui.
- An Exercise In Bravado (Guardian (UK), Simon Tisdall, Apr 05, 2006)
Iran has been conducting a sort of grand military parade up and down the Gulf this week, displaying its defensive hardware, test-firing sophisticated-sounding new weapons systems, and proclaiming its readiness to repel all would-be aggressors.
- When Army & Jihadis Acted In Tandem (Pioneer, B Raman, Apr 04, 2006)
Detailed inquiry into the possible complicity of Pakistani Generals in the September 11 terrorist attacks is necessary, says B Raman
- Pakistan Sends Relief Goods To Iran For Quake Victims (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Pakistan has sent a planeload of relief goods for earthquake victims in Iran, the Foreign Ministry said today.
- Invading Falkland Cowardly Act’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Argentina’s war with Britain over the Falkland Islands was a crime committed by a cowardly military dictatorship, but the South American country will never abandon its claim to sovereignty of the islands, President Mr Nestor Kirchner said
- U.S. Plays Down Iran Ship Visits To India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 04, 2006)
The United States on Monday confirmed that two Iranian navy ships had visited Indian ports last month, but played down the contact as the Bush administration struggles to win congressional approval for a landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal.
- The True ‘Heroes’ Of Our Times (Daily Excelsior, S.V. Vaidyanathan, Apr 04, 2006)
Unlike the economic establishment in India that comprises economic bureaucrats, journalists, academics (Indian and non-resident Indians) and is all gung ho about the emergence of neoliberal economic globalisation since the beginnings of . . .
- Indian Islamic Schools Offer Lesson In Harmony (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 04, 2006)
Indian schoolgirl Julita Oraon, a devout Christian, never misses Sunday mass, but the rest of her week is spent studying Arabic and Sufi literature among other subjects at an Islamic religious school, or madrasa.
- Jawan Shoots Down Colleagues At Cm House (Telegraph, Otmar Issing, Apr 04, 2006)
Apparently denied leave, a jawan opened fire on his colleagues at the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister’s official residence, killing three.
- Hamas Tries To Balance Conflicting Demands For Legitimacy, Right To Resist (Jordan Times, Amy Teibel and Sara Toth, Apr 04, 2006)
The Palestinians' new Hamas leaders have made it clear they will not pursue or punish fighters for attacking Israel, justifying a deadly suicide bombing last week as a legitimate act of resistance.
- Patch-Up To What Count? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
THE statement issued by the office of President Jalal Talabani that Iraqi political parties have reached an agreement on the bylaws for the next government’s functioning, obviously as a result of the push and shove of US Secretary of State . . .
- Gorbachev Appears Repentant (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 04, 2006)
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has castigated US policies of pre-emptive strike, ignoring the UN Security Council and disregard to international legal obligations and urged Washington not to impose its will on others.
- Thousands Of Devotees Witness Kumbabhishekam At Palani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Tight security at winch station and rope car station
- Implications Of N-Deal With India (Dawn, Talat Masood, Apr 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal signed during President Bush’s recent visit to South Asia is meant to turn the relationship between the two states into strategic partnership.
- Uncomfortable Facts On Migrants (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Apr 04, 2006)
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," wrote Emma Lazarus, in a poem that still puts a lump in my throat. I'm proud of America's immigrant history, and grateful that the door was open when my grandparents fled R
- Medical Tourism On Upswing In Coimbatore (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Apr 04, 2006)
But poor flights and infrastructure act as a damper
- Yet Another Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
The nwfp crisis seems to have deepened as the provincial assembly met Monday morning despite the Governor’s refusal to summon the session following his row with the Chief Minister.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Runs Into Trouble (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 04, 2006)
OPPOSITION to the Indo-US nuclear deal is mounting.
- Naipaul’S Blues (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Had Naipaul shown less Pride and Prejudice and more Sense and Sensibility, he might not have tried to put down Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey with the comment that “I thought halfway through this book that here I am a grown man reading about this terrible
- Us, Uk Pile Pressure On Fractious Iraq Leaders (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The United States and Britain piled pressure on Iraq’s leaders on Monday to break their deadlock over a new government and prime minister as quickly as possible and to disband sectarian militias to avoid civil war.
- Iran’S Signalling In The Gulf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
On Wednesday, Iran tested a high-speed underwater missile called Hoot (fish) which it claims is the fastest in the world at 360 kilometres per hour and can avoid sonar (sound navigation ranging) detection
- Rice Played Godmother To Nuclear Deal Between India And Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the true architect of the Indo-US nuclear cooperation treaty, which, according to a detailed investigative report in the Washington Post on Monday, now faces a “hard sell” in Congress.
- Ayurveda In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2006)
Scientific scrutiny good for its health
- N-Fuel To India After Nsg Nod: France (Tribune, Ajay Kaul, Apr 04, 2006)
As India prepares to hold talks with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), its key member France today said it would help in generating consensus on the Indo-US nuclear deal there but ruled out providing uranium till "green signal" from the 45-nation group.
- The Gdp Cult Gives Way To “Growth With Equity” (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2006)
For perhaps half a century, the central preoccupation of economic policy has been to promote growth.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left is losing ground
- Breaking The Pension System Reform Logjam (The Financial Express, RAMGOPAL AGARWAL, Apr 04, 2006)
The pension system reforms, first announced in 2001, are often characterised as ‘non-reform’ and rightly so, for at least two reasons.
- Left Cautions Ec Against Deploying Paramilitary Forces (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left parties have impressed upon the Election Commission today not to deploy Central paramilitary forces inside polling stations in West Bengal and took exception to the conduct of some of the poll observers and guidelines issued by the commission
- Bold Initiatives Are Needed (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
Notwithstanding the influence which the Left wields in public life and the academia, it is worth noting that it has always been a marginal force at the national level. Not only that, its influence is perceptibly on the wane.
- Advaniji’S Neither A Hardliner Nor A Softliner. He Has No Line. And It’S A Shock I’M Still To Recover From’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 04, 2006)
From ideologue to maverick, Uma Bharati has been described differently.
- The Idea On The Ground (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Apr 04, 2006)
Contradictions characterise the rural job scheme in terms of a project and a holistic approach
- Scents Cross Gender Barrier (Deccan Herald, Ruth La Ferla, Apr 04, 2006)
Scents that aggressively trumpet their manliness are stale as a day-old croissant
- Supreme Court Declines To Stay High Court Order (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 04, 2006)
Case pertains to fake FIR scandal
`It is but proper that the matter is investigated by CBI'
Further hearing to take place on July 11
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