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Articles 15521 through 15620 of 31829:
- Us Lawmaker Suggests Cong May Seek "Conditions" On Nuke Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
A senior US lawmaker has suggested that the Congress may seek "conditions" for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal as it has "profound" implications for American interests worldwide.
- Imperialism Redux (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Mar 14, 2006)
Business, Energy, Weapons And Foreign Policy
- Tehran's Dangerous Influence On Iraqi Politics (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, Mar 14, 2006)
As The War of ever-escalating threats between Iran and the United States rages, the rest of the world watches with growing alarm as the battle of wills over uranium enrichment moves on into the UN Security Council.
- Our Opportunity With India (Washington Post, Condoleezza Rice, Mar 13, 2006)
The week before last President Bush concluded a historic agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation with India, a rising democratic power in a dynamic Asia.
- Qazi Criticises Musharraf’S Proposal On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Ameer Jama'at-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that a proposal by General Pervez Musharraf to divide Kashmir into seven autonomous regions and give their joint control to India and Pakistan is a prelude to "United India" which the people on . . .
- Five Rockets Hit Bannu Garrison (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Five rockets fired by unknown people fell in different parts of Bannu city in the early hours of Sunday without causing any loss to life and property.
- Mujaddedi Survives Suicide Attack (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Former Afghan president Sibghatullah Mujaddedi was slightly wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on Sunday that officials said killed two bombers and two civilians.
- Separatists' Shenanigans In J And K (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Mar 13, 2006)
Current events in Jammu and Kashmir appear to be in consonance with Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s game plan for a regional splintering of the former princely State.
- Democratic Lawmaker Asks Senate To Censure Bush (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 13, 2006)
In a development that turns the political spotlight on the White House, a leading Democratic lawmaker has asked the Senate to censure President George Bush for his role in the controversial domestic wiretap programme.
- U.S. Ties With India, Pakistan On Divergent Paths (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent U.S. approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Discourse On Course (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 13, 2006)
In their case there are coincidences galore. Both are lawyers and have been People's Conference stalwarts in the past. They belong to the same northern parts of the Valley.
- India Slow To Wake Up To Growing Maoist Menace (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 13, 2006)
Kanker, India (Reuters) - Shouting "commando", police in camouflage uniform and black bandanas pour down from the sky on ropes. Others clamber over rocks, shooting from the shoulder as targets pop up all around them.
- India, China Confident Of Settling Border Dispute (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Holding that Sino-Indian talks on border dispute were moving in the right direction to "extricate" them from "logjam", National Security Advisor M K Naryanan today said the delineation issue could be settled after the next two to three rounds.
- No Uranium Sales To India: Australia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Australia will maintain its ban on uranium exports to India and other countries which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Sunday.
- Saddam Feared Own Army As Us Invaded (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's fear of internal rebellion led him to distrust his military commanders even after US forces began their invasion in 2003, crippling the country's defenses, the New York Times reported in today's editions.
- Newspaper Chain Agrees To A Sale For $4.5 Billion (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Knight Ridder, the second-largest newspaper company in the United States, agreed last night to sell itself for about $4.5 billion in cash and stock to the McClatchy Company, a publisher half its size, according to people involved in the negotiations.
- Trade Powers Fail To Remove Obstacles To Wto Deal (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Mar 13, 2006)
Six of the world's top trading powers made little headway on Saturday in removing long-standing hurdles to a global trade deal, but reaffirmed a commitment to conclude a key part of the pact by the end of April.
- Cellular Telephony In Rural India (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Mar 13, 2006)
The cellular telephony in rural India is in for a big leap, with the finance minister announcing that the Telegraph Act will be amended to extend financial support to infrastructure for cellular telephony in rural areas. At present, the Act only provides
- India, China Confident Of Settling Border Dispute (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Holding that Sino-Indian talks on border dispute were moving in the right direction to "extricate" them from "logjam", National Security Advisor M K Naryanan today said the delinieation issue could be settled after the next two to three rounds.
- Part Of India-Us Nuclear Deal To Figure In Sino-Indian Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Senior officials of India and China, having talks here primarily on the border dispute, are likely to use the opportunity to discuss a part of the civil nuclear deal between India and the United States as Beijing is a member of the . . .
- Wall Of Worry (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
Bulls will point to the 217-point drop in the Sensex on Wednesday, and its subsequent climb to an all-time high within two days, as evidence of the remarkable resilience of the Indian market.
- Varanasi Displays Secular Fabric (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 13, 2006)
Residents foil terrorist designs
- The Road Less Travelled (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US agreement should see a turning point not only in India’s position in the world but also in its perception of itself.
- Saintly Crusader (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Mar 13, 2006)
IT is a comment on our times that even the informed intelligentsia bat their eyelids in ignorance at the mention of the name Siddhraj Dhadda.
- Blast Suspects Test Negative (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The special task force (STF) probe into the Varanasi blasts suffered a setback with witnesses saying that two suspects arrested from Hardoi were not the persons about whom they had told police.
- Women On The Rise (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Mar 13, 2006)
On International Women’s Day the capital celebrated it as champagne owners flew over to host high-flying women achievers at the Oberoi.
- India Hopeful Of Resolving Border Row With China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Indian and Chinese officials report progress in talks
- Winners And Losers In The Outsourcing Game (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Mar 13, 2006)
Far from being a blot, outsourcing and offshoring are powerful tools to help solve the competitiveness problem and, provided the right structural reforms are implemented, may also assist in solving Europe's low employment problem.
Smart companies . . .
- Karzai Behind Bush Plainspeak To Musharraf: Report (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
With the Taliban staging a gradual resurgence in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai was able to convince US President George W Bush, during their recent summit, that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was not doing enough to defeat . . .
- Search For Truth (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of all the accused in the sensational seven year old Jessica Lall murder case has rudely shocked the conscience of the nation and shattered its faith in the working of the criminal justice system.
- Coastal Policing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
At first glance it would be easy to write off as “ambitious” the 15-year Perspective Plan projected by the Coast Guard to take it through to 2017.
- Once A Wetland, Now A Desert (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
The delta of the great Colorado River — where once it swept into the Gulf of California — used to be the most wonder-filled wetland in the whole North American continent.
- Experts For Restructuring Plant Breeding Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
People would require 325 million tons of foodgrains by 2025'
With the present plant breeding programme, it may be difficult for India to meet its food grains requirement, which is expected to grow to 325 million tonnes by 2025.
- Persuading Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2006)
Bush makes a good start
AS promised under the Indo-US nuclear deal, the George W. Bush administration has initiated the process for its implementation.
- China Renews An Old Ideological Fight (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
BEIJING For the first time in perhaps a decade, the National People's Congress, the Communist Party-run legislature now convened in its annual two-week session, is consumed with an ideological debate over socialism and capitalism that many assumed . . .
- `We Are The Generation After Marquez, Neruda' (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Mar 13, 2006)
Jaime Collyer might not be a familiar `dust jacket' name in India at the moment.
- Fix The System Before The Next Scam (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 13, 2006)
The ‘demat scam’ is off the front pages and media attention is focussed on the spiralling Sensex.
- Hamas To Hold Final Round Of Talks On Gov't Formation (Jordan Times, Omar Karmi, Mar 13, 2006)
Israeli right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday ruled out joining any Kadima-led coalition to form a new Israeli government after elections on March 28.
- Mayhem In The Menagerie (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2006)
New conflict between the United Jihad Council and President Pervez Musharraf reflects a crisis in Pakistan's political life.
- Nature Of Us Relations With India And Pakistan Different (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent US approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Why Penalise The Viewer? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 13, 2006)
What TV viewers in Chennai have been suffering for the last few years will now be visited on their counterparts elsewhere—thanks to a court order that asks the government to introduce the conditional access system (or CAS) in four weeks.
- Metro Bus System Introduced On All 25 Grid Routes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Encouraging response from commuters; 250 more buses in three months: BMTC
Metro Bus System was conceived in 2002 to provide uninterrupted public transport facility
First service announced on June 3, 2002
Survey conducted to record time taken for jou
- Pmln-Ppp Reconciliation? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 13, 2006)
The pml leader and re-elected Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani said in a TV discussion Saturday that last week’s meeting between Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mian Shahbaz Sharif in Dubai reminded him more of ironies than a reconciliation.
- Bsnl To Give Ofc Network In Five Cities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The Rs. 20-crore plan is likely to be completed by 2007
250 km of optical fibre cable to be laid
95 new mobile towers to be installed across the State
ECS to be extended to mobile phone
- Add To Bush's Mistakes Destruction Of Nature (Hindu, Henry Porter, Mar 13, 2006)
The despoilment of the Appalachians is typical of the U.S. President's bankrupt environmental policies.
- Beyond The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Salman Haidar , Mar 13, 2006)
The visit was remarkably without glitter. No eye-catching gesture, no verbal flourish, no dancing in the village square, not even a trip to the Taj.
- Witnesses Fail To Identify Suspects (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 13, 2006)
One of the art students recuperating in the ICU ward of Sir Sundarlal Hospital is confident that he would be able to draw the sketch of the culprit as soon as he is better.
- A Gandhian Who Backs The Nuke Deal (Times of India, Himanshi Dhawan, Mar 13, 2006)
As a true believer in Gandhian ideals, it would have been difficult for former US ambassador and president emeritus of the Asia Society, Phillips Talbot, to support the recently-signed nuclear deal between India and the US.
- For A Glimpse Of Suu Kyi (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 13, 2006)
On a visit to Myanmar, we tried to get a glimpse of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Noble Peace Prize winner, put away from the public eye by the ruling military junta for 10 out of the last 16 years.
- Bush Visit: Not Just A Stopover (Dawn, Iqbal Akhund, Mar 13, 2006)
Invidious comparison is virtually built into an American president’s visit to the subcontinent. So it has been again, as President Bush has come and gone. As a foreign journalist put it, India got a hug, Pakistan a pat on the back.
- The Spirit Of Basant (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 13, 2006)
Despite the Punjab ban on kite-flying, the party goes on. ‘Kite-flying is dead; long live the spirit of Basant’, seems to be the popular mood at least in Lahore.
- A Footstool In The World (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal has exposed inconsistencies in India’s position
- Can Our Way Of Living Save The Planet? (Deccan Herald, Lucy Siegle, Mar 13, 2006)
People are happy to talk about ethical awareness but when it comes to consumer patterns the talk is not reflected.....
- Indian American Youth Leads Campaign Against Racism (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
A 23-year-old Indian American is making a name for himself among the immigrant community by campaigning against discrimination and racism.
- Walls That Divide (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 13, 2006)
For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the US and the international community.
- Bush’S Pak Visit A ‘Failure’, Let Raises Jihad Pitch (Express India, RIYAZ WANI, Mar 12, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Toiba idealogue Hafiz Muhammad Sayeed has said the high-profile visit of the US President to Pakistan has strengthened their call for jihad. “Bush visit has failed, undermining the pro-US lobby in the country. But Mujahideens are happy.
- Bush’S Pak Visit A ‘Failure’, Let Raises Jihad Pitch (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Mar 12, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Toiba idealogue Hafiz Muhammad Sayeed has said the high-profile visit of the US President to Pakistan has strengthened their call for jihad.
- Musharraf Blasts ‘Anti-Democracy’ Baloch Tribal Chiefs (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 12, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that only a handful of "anti-development and anti-democracy" tribal chiefs are creating a law and order situation in Balochistan.
- The Classic Double Act Retold (Deccan Herald, Sunil K Poolani, Mar 12, 2006)
The author has the unique ability to celebrate tragedy, not an easy task.
- In The Name Of The Lord (Deccan Herald, Aparna Achar, Mar 12, 2006)
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu left behind a nonsectarian spiritual movement based on the chanting of Lord Krishna’s name that is practical and relevant even today.
- The Bomb Is Ticking... (Deccan Herald, Robin McKie, Mar 12, 2006)
We ignore James Lovelock's apocalyptic vision of the future at our own peril.
- Churchill And Moscow (Statesman, Valentin Falin, Mar 11, 2006)
Myths are known to persist, as proved by Winston Churchill’s speech in Fulton in 1946. To this day it is regarded as the “anti-communist manifesto” that unleashed the Cold War and encouraged Stalin to erect the “iron curtain” which cut off a half . . .
- Prison Diary (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
As George Bush vacationed in the subcontinent pontificating on how to contain terror and Iran, his self-appointed role as an international cop has been reaffirmed with Amnesty International’s latest report on Abu Gharib prison and the . . .
- Understanding The Harvest Of Hate (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 11, 2006)
Varanasi was just an exclamation mark in Islamist terror groups' war against India. Learning from it needs an understanding not of each outrage, but the whole.
- The Morning After (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 11, 2006)
The benefits we know. Time, now, to consider the costs of India's new relationship with the US.
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Bush Sends India Nuclear Request To Congress - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change U.S. law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Less Than Fair Towards Stalin (Statesman, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
Sir, — I can’t quite agree with the views expressed by Arvin Ghosh in his article “Speech that lifted the lid” (Perspective, 26 February). He has recalled Nikita Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th congress of the CPSU.
- Floating Cultures (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 11, 2006)
If one takes an overview one will come across a rare aspect of life in the State.
- Burns Makes A Strong Pitch For Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 11, 2006)
US President George W Bush and senior members of his Administration like Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be personally involved in the legislative process regarding the civilian nuclear energy agreement with India that has to formally clear . . .
- Us Air Ceo Predicts More Airline Mergers (Reuters, Kyle Peterson, Mar 11, 2006)
A reduction in capacity at U.S. airlines lessens the need for airline consolidation, but the merger of former US Airways and America West may be a model for other carriers to make the same move, the chief executive of the new US Airways . . .
- Bush Sends India’S N-Request To Congress (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Legislators want guarantees on India’s nuclear status
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change US law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Report Faults India's Nonproliferation Record (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 11, 2006)
India circumvents other countries' export controls and leaks sensitive technology in procuring materials for its nuclear programs, according to a report by former U.N. weapons inspector David Albright.
- It Is Time To Flex Political Muscles (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 11, 2006)
With elections to several state assemblies due in about a year's time it is understandable for political parties to be seen flexing their muscles, breaking old alliances, forging new ones and generally creating an atmosphere which . . .
- Deadly Bird Flu Not (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The H5N1 avian flu virus has not yet made its way to North America, although many experts believe it will, US government researchers said.
- Iran, N Korea Same For Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush said today in a conference of the National Newspaper Association that he considered North Korea and Iran equal threats to the USA.
- Osama's Niece Set For Us Tv Show (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The would-be pop star niece of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has signed on for a reality television show about her attempts to break into the music industry.
- Unaccommodated (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 11, 2006)
It is a question of what the eye has got used to. Every day, millions of more-or-less-comfortably-off Indians encounter thousands of homeless, abandoned human beings, many of them old and sick, in every kind of public space.
- Balancing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 11, 2006)
By exposing the limits of nuclear muscle-flexing, the Varanasi explosions should have pricked the balloon of euphoria generated by George W. Bush’s visit.
- Us Govt Submits Draft Proposal To Congress On Indo-Us Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has submitted a draft proposal to Congress that envisages changes in US atomic energy laws to help pass the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
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