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Articles 16721 through 16820 of 31829:
- Resolve Kashmir, Bush Tells India And Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 23, 2006)
Says US wants ‘free and fair’ elections in Pakistan in 2007
- India To Go Ahead With Roundtable Kashmir Moot (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 23, 2006)
The Indian government plans to go ahead with the Roundtable Conference convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, despite the fact that all separatist groups have decided not to participate.
- Iran's Gift: New Unity In The West (Washington Post, Jim Hoagland, Feb 23, 2006)
The fog of negotiation is not for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He prefers to confront the United States and Europe directly over Iran's nuclear and political ambitions.
- U.S. Nuclear Deal Would Not Expand Indian Arsenal - Envoy (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 22, 2006)
India's ambassador to Washington on Tuesday dismissed fears that a controversial civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States would help New Delhi expand its atomic weapons production.
- Bird Flu? Pigs Might Fly, Say Locals (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Feb 22, 2006)
Poultry workers and farmers in this township of Nandurbar district are perplexed over what they call media hype over “bird flu” and many insist that the disease which has led to chickens perishing in thousands is actually “Ranikhet” which . . .
- Bjp To Raise Scorpene Deal, Indo-Us Nuclear Pact In Parliament (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Main Opposition BJP today decided to vociferously raise the controversial Scorpene submarine deal and the Indo-US nuclear pact during the current session of Parliament.
- Bush Pitches Nuclear Power For ‘Oil Freedom’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
President George W Bush has said he would discuss a civilian nuclear power programme for India during his visit to the country early next month. “I’m going to India at the beginning of next month, march 1st.
- Bird Flu Spreads Further, Thousands Tested In India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed in Hungary and Croatia on Tuesday as the deadly virus spread around the globe, while EU officials considered measures to vaccinate millions of birds in France and the Netherlands.
- French Connection (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Scientists were coopted to draft India’s deal with France
French President Jaques Chirac’s unequivocal statement that India, as a “responsible” nuclear power, should have access to international nuclear technology and materials to meet its . . .
- Ignoring A Noble Soul (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 22, 2006)
JP’s secretary Sachchidanand, who helped many a politician, died without proper medical care
- Nuclear Reactors Today, What Next? (Indian Express, VASANT GOWARIKER, Feb 22, 2006)
I once headed ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. So, India’s launch vehicles is a subject of my interest. Which causes me to ask: after America sorts out the nuclear deal with India, what next? Launch vehicles?
- House Cleaning (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 22, 2006)
Recall, not the US envoy, but the days Parliament saw smart debates
The final countdown to the George Bush visit was expected to be a fussy affair. After all, this was primetime for a reflexively anti-American section of India’s political class and . . .
- Where Is Upa’S Homework On J&k? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Feb 22, 2006)
When you invite a speaker or a panelist to a meeting, you confirm his or her participation before the cards are sent out.
- Media Unhappy With Bush (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 22, 2006)
As Indian ambassador to the US Ronen Sen prepares to reveal details of President George W Bush’s forthcoming visit to India, representatives of the Washington DC-based Indian media are up in arms after being denied access to the US . . .
- Time For Reason And Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Haj and Minority Welfare Minister Yaqoob Quereshi went outrageously over the top — violating the law and all norms of propriety and decency — in announcing a cash reward of Rs.51 crore for the head of the `cartoonist' . . .
- U.S. And India Part Company On Nepal (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 22, 2006)
Washington has denounced an agreement between the Maoists and the Nepalese parliamentary parties that New Delhi sets much store by.
- N-Deal Will Not Affect Fbr: Envoy Sen (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Feb 22, 2006)
Setting the stage for the February 24 meeting of the Indo-US joint working group on implementing the nuclear deal, Indian Ambassador to US, Ronen Sen, today made it clear that the fast breeder programme would not be affected . . .
- North Korea Nuclear Talks Sought In March, April - Source (Reuters, Jack Kim, Feb 22, 2006)
The six countries trying to end North Korea's nuclear programmes are discussing possibly resuming talks in March or April, an unnamed South Korean official said on Tuesday.
- A Matter Of Gas (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Feb 22, 2006)
If political pundits of the Left camp in New Delhi are to be believed Mani Shankar Aiyar was shifted from the ministry of petroleum because he had annoyed the Americans with his vigorous championing of a gas pipeline project that is supposed . . .
- A Quantum Leap (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 22, 2006)
Not many realize the significance of Chirac’s visit to India
The Elysee Palace, it would seem, has no faith in astrology. If its present occupant, Jacques Chirac, had faith in soothsayers — like politicians in India and elsewhere in the Orient
- Parlez Vous (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
The decision taken by France to supply nuclear power plants to India is significant and timely.
- Burns To Set N-Talks Table For Bush (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 22, 2006)
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will be in Delhi on Thursday (February 23) in what is being seen as a last-minute attempt to salvage the Indo-US nuclear deal before US President George W Bush's arrival.
- Bird Flu-Hit India Awaits First Human Test Reports (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Health workers culled thousands of birds in India on Wednesday as the nation awaited the first laboratory reports to see whether the bird flu virus had infected people, officials said.
- No Cheney Mea Culpa For War Dead (Hindu, Marina Hyde, Feb 22, 2006)
Dick Cheney should be asked how his recent feelings compare with those he felt at the first casualty in Iraq?
- Strikes, A Matter Of Concern (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Feb 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that nobody has a fundamental right to strike.
- Health Advice Confuses Women (Tribune, Rob Stein, Feb 22, 2006)
For women confused by the latest flurry of health advice about low-fat diets, calcium, Vitamin D and hormones, there is a good reason: The findings illustrate how unexpected pitfalls during a major scientific study can yield valuable data . . .
- Alliance Française (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 22, 2006)
Indo-French relations are still more about gestures rather than substance, notwithstanding the nine agreements signed during President Jacques Chirac’s visit. This is a pity because France is one of the world’s leading industrial and agricultural nations.
- Age, Thou Has Not Lost Thy Labour (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Facelifts and ‘feature enhancement’ surgeries are common practice these days.
- Bush Visit May Tone Up Alliance: Military Official (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 22, 2006)
U.S. President George Bush's visit to India could turn into "an opportunity for a symbolic comment to strengthen the alliance between the two countries," according to a high-ranking military official.
- Don’T Mistake Words For Reality (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Feb 22, 2006)
The professor walked with war veteran’s limp. His name was Alfred Korzybski. Fluent in many languages, he was a Polish polymath who hailed from a family of aristocrats that had produced many scientists, mathematicians and engineers.
- Manu, 8 Others Acquitted In Jessica Murder Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A city sessions court today acquitted prime accused Sidharth Vashist, alias Manu Sharma, son of Haryana Minister Vinod Sharma, in the sensational murder of ramp model Jessica Lal at a South Delhi bar seven years ago.
- Left Assails Centre's Claims On Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Continues tirade against policies
India has slipped in human development index: CPI
Government's record "dismal" in foreign policy
- A Learning Device Of The Future (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A cube with the universal Braille dot matrix could well be the language learning device for thousands of visually challenged students.
- Culling Of Birds Continues In Two States (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 22, 2006)
Railways ban chicken dishes and eggs, notwithstanding Centre's advisory that serving these items is safe
More than 2.5 lakh birds killed
25 tonnes of feed destroyed
Payment of compensation begins
- French Perfume (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 22, 2006)
Make it last long
France has long pushed for a relaxation of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) guidelines to facilitate supply of nuclear fuel and technology to India.
- Recalcitrant Hurriyat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 22, 2006)
The talks must continue
Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umer Farooq’s refusal to participate in the February 25 round-table talks is clearly an attempt to derail the efforts aimed at involving all shades of opinion in ending the Kashmir imbroglio.
- Maoists’ Charm Offensive (Tribune, S. D. Muni , Feb 22, 2006)
During the past couple of weeks, Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda has given three significant interviews.
- Battle For Un Budget (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Feb 22, 2006)
The UN is one place where those who pay the piper do not always call the tune. The one-country-one vote formula in the General Assembly and cold-war divisions in the Security Council had enabled the weaker states to determine the agenda and even shape ...
- Sonia Backs Centre On Iran, N-Deal With Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi today endorsed the Manmohan Singh government’s stand on two contentious issues – Iran nuclear programme and Indo-US nuclear deal – over which her Left allies have been up in arms against the government.
- In Quest Of Strategic Partnership (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Pakistan and China have vowed to reinforce and deepen their strategic partnership through increased cooperation in political, diplomatic and economic fields. The understanding came at a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and . . .
- What Is On The Farmer's Wish-List (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
If finance ministers continue to do what they have been doing the last 58 years, the fate of the farmer and his son may be like that of the match-girl of the fable, who froze to death, hungry and forlorn.
- On The Fast Track (Telegraph, R.C. Acharya, Feb 22, 2006)
Recently, the United Progressive Alliance government had stated that dedicated freight corridors for railways will be introduced with huge dollops of private investment.
- Little Sign Of Progress In Iran Nuclear Talks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Crucial talks on a Russian plan to break the international deadlock over Iran’s nuclear programme broke up on Tuesday with no clear sign of a breakthrough and time running out for a deal.
- China Urges Iran To Suspend Enrichment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Germany does not rule out economic sanctions against Iran
- Salman's Verdict: Trial By Media (Times of India, AMJAD K. MARUF, Feb 22, 2006)
If Salman is guilty of killing the endangered blackbucks and innocent people on streets then he must be severely punished but before the highest court in India delivers its verdict it is only fair that the media,
- A Brand New Concept (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Feb 22, 2006)
In the world of today, new terms and expressions, and new institutions keep cropping up every now and then, especially in the field of trade and finance. They also get introduced in Pakistan, and this has been more noticeable ever since . . .
- Sonia Backs Iran, Us Line (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has welcomed the February 23 debate in Parliament on Iran and indicated that the Prime Minister is willing to have one on the Indo-US nuclear pact as well.
- Is This The Infamous Clash? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Feb 22, 2006)
Are we witnessing today the clash of civilizations predicted by Samuel Huntington after the Cold War ended?
- Turbulence Over Cartoons (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 22, 2006)
Sixteen persons die in cartoon protests in Nigeria. At least nine killed in Libya in clashes over cartoons; 12 killed in Afghan protests and five in Pakistan this week.
- Missing Facilities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 22, 2006)
By all considerations, the resumption of the Thar rail link is a step forward in the peace process with India.
- New Hope For Iran Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 22, 2006)
The latest developments on the Iranian nuclear front give rise to some hope that the crisis may be resolved without resort to economic sanctions or military force.
- India, Us May Ink N-Deal During Bush’S Visit (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 22, 2006)
There are twin good news for India’s civilian nuclear energy programme under negotiations with P5 countries like the United States and France. Indications are that a formal Indo-US civilian nuclear energy agreement may be signed . . .
- Collateral Damage In War On Quails (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Feb 22, 2006)
At least it is out in the open. Everyone now knows what the vice-president of the United States enjoys doing for rest and recreation. He likes to shoot defenceless little birds. And sometimes, just sometimes.
- Foes United Against A Maestro's Movie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 21, 2006)
Steven Spielberg's film Munich has angered both Israelis and Palestinians
- Green Imperialism (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Feb 21, 2006)
Other side of the `deep ecology' movement
- The Trade-Offs Of Reforms (Hindu, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Feb 21, 2006)
Collection of critical and up-to-date expositions on the `new development economics'
- Law Of Contempt-Ii (Statesman, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Feb 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court has accepted that its power in this regard was limited. One Handwari Lal, in his reply to an SLP filed against a majority judgment of Punjab and Haryana High Court by Dr Ram Gopal in 1986,
- India, France Seal Civil N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 21, 2006)
Formalising its position that India should be allowed to enter into civil nuclear cooperation with other leading nuclear powers, France on Monday signed a significant declaration with India on the “development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.”
- In The Name Of Equality And Freedom (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Feb 21, 2006)
Feminist critique of the march of globalisation and the resultant shrinking of democratic possibilities
- In Defence Of Beards (Deccan Herald, S. Raghunath, Feb 21, 2006)
Sporting a beard has come to symbolize a wide range of attitudes and ideologies
- Us Won't Mediate On Kashmir: Expert (Hindustan Times, Meenakshi Iyer, Feb 21, 2006)
The US has consistently turned down Pakistan's call for mediation on the Kashmir issue and it will continue to do so, says an American expert on South Asian affairs.
- Indonesia's Leader Does A Balancing Act (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 21, 2006)
Susilo Yudhoyono is trying to be a friend of the United States while staying an authentic leader of the world's largest Muslim-majority state.
- ‘Mncs Exploiting Bird Flu’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
With bird flu coming to India, the poultry industry today claimed there was no scientific evidence of bird flu and accused multi-national companies of trying to cash in on the panic situation.
- France Will Follow Us N-Lead (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 21, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac’s visit to the country has “significantly boosted” India's chances to acquire long-denied nuclear technology, and India and France are “close to concluding a bilateral agreement” to cooperate in developing . . .
- All But Whitewashed (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 21, 2006)
Istael has taken yet another measure that will rule out the chances of a resumption of the peace process.
- Denying Funds To Hamas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 21, 2006)
Israel has taken yet another measure that will rule out the chances of a resumption of the peace process.
- No Difference Between Us & Saddam: Osama (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Osama bin Laden, in an audio tape first broadcast in January and posted on the Internet in full on Monday, accused US forces of “barbaric” acts in Iraq comparable to those committed by Saddam Hussein.
- Those Who Do Jobs Americans Won’T (Deccan Herald, Gary Younge, Feb 21, 2006)
Migrants do the jobs that Americans will not do, but they are vulnerable to bigots and big business
- Plight Of America's Migrant Day Workers (Hindu, Gary Younge, Feb 21, 2006)
Migrant workers do the jobs that Americans will not do, but they are vulnerable to bigots and big business.
- Pre-Feasibility Studies For Nuclear Power Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan revealed on Monday that a French company was engaged in "pre-feasibility" studies to set up a possible nuclear power plant in Maharashtra.
- Road Link To Pok To Be Used For Goods Traffic Soon, Says Azad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Movement of people on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road has been poor, he says
- Culling Of Birds To End Today (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 21, 2006)
Retail sale of Tamiflu to be banned
Ministry to buy Tamiflu from pharma companies, supply to hospitals
Disposal, clean-up, disinfecting operations in progress
- Beyond The Pale Of Law And Human Rights (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 21, 2006)
Every year, the United States State Department publishes a sanctimonious document titled `Country Reports on Human Rights Practices' skewering governments across the world for alleged human rights violations.
- United In Bird Flu, Paris And Delhi Sign Agreement (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Feb 21, 2006)
If the bird flu doesn’t kill the Indian poultry business, the establishment
- Walkout Over Mulford Issue; Congress Isolated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Left parties and Samajwadi Party join hands with Opposition in demanding recall of U.S. Ambassador
Mulford should be declared persona non grata: Gurudas Dasgupta
Improper for ambassador to have written to Chief Minister: Malhotra
- Oui The Anglo Saxons (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 21, 2006)
Take overpriced French weapons out, what is left in Delhi-Paris relations?
- Thanks Jacques, Hello George (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 21, 2006)
French nod for nuclear status isn’t an alternative to dealing with Americans
- ‘Licence Raj Creates Privileged Industrialists, Workers While The Real Work Is Done By Unorganised Labour’ (Indian Express, Raghuram Rajan, Feb 21, 2006)
Raghuram Rajan, the youngest person to be appointed chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, has won acclaim for his prescriptions on how to ‘save capitalism from the capitalists’. In a conversation with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief . . .
- India, France Ink N-Declaration (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today stopped short of a formal agreement on civilian nuclear energy cooperation, with the outcome of the Indo-US nuclear deal holding the key to realising this agreement at a later date.
- I Won’T Be Caught Alive: Osama (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Osama bin Laden promised never to be captured alive and declared the USA had resorted to the same “barbaric” tactics used by Saddam Hussein, according to an audio-tape purportedly by the Al-Qaida leader that was posted today on a militant website.
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