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Articles 16821 through 16920 of 31829:
- Men Of Honour (Indian Express, Anindita Sanyal, Feb 21, 2006)
The cash-for-query sting operation has gone the way of all ‘national outrages’. To court. And the subsequent brouhaha over the Speaker’s refusal to turn up in court has all but driven the original issue out of people’s minds.
- Why The World Is Afraid Of Iran Nukes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s nuclear research programme began in 1967 with the establishment of the Tehran Nuclear Research Center, equipped with a US-supplied nuclear research reactor.
- The Beautiful, Scandalous People (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Feb 21, 2006)
It is an irony Bollywood aficionados would appreciate. Hours after a city court in Jodhpur sentenced Salman Khan to a year in jail for poaching chinkaras, Prem Chopra was on television defending him. “A celebrity has been victimised’’ . . .
- Civilian N-Deal: Pak Seeks Parity With India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday urged the world community to treat it at par with India in civilian nuclear cooperation.
- India, France Sign Accords (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 21, 2006)
France ready to give nuclear power plants, fuel
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised on Monday that any civil nuclear facilities that became available in future to India through international cooperation would be subject to IAEA safeguards.
- Osama On Tape Clubs Us With Saddam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Osama bin Laden accused US forces of “barbaric” acts in Iraq comparable to those committed by Saddam Hussein, according to an audio tape first broadcast in January and posted on the Internet in full today.
- Slow Pace Of Culling Chickens, No Fresh Human Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Inadequate infrastructure and refusal by contract workers to work in stink today slowed the pace of culling of chickens in this bird flu hit area of Maharashtra even as health officials carried out door-to-door check looking for people . . .
- Arcelor Row Clouds Chirac India Visit To Boost Trade (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France signed pacts on Monday to boost trade and push nuclear energy cooperation but a row over a takeover bid for European steel firm Arcelor haunted French President Jacques Chirac's visit to New Delhi.
- India, France Sign Document On Civilian (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India and France today signed a landmark document on civilian nuclear cooperation and a defence pact with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that New Delhi would place its nuclear facilities acquired in "future" through international . . .
- Mr Lalu Prasad And His Horses (Business Line, R. C. Acharya, Feb 21, 2006)
"If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick," announced sagely Mr Lalu Prasad, who as the Minister for Railways is responsible for the efficient and safe working of this behemoth, which employs 1.7 million people.
- Philosopher And Teacher: Peter Strawson (Telegraph, Arindam Chakrabarti, Feb 21, 2006)
A thinker who was relentless in his pursuit of truth and its importance, writes Arindam Chakrabarti in his tribute to Peter Strawson The author is professor of philosophy, University of Hawaii
- It's Slightly Harder Than Saying Sorry (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Feb 21, 2006)
Sixty-five-year-old Indian American Biswanath Halder had always nursed what he believed was a legitimate grudge against his old college in the US. Three years ago he went berserk conducting a horrific shooting spree on the premises which left . . .
- Mirage Of More Scorpene Like Deals (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Feb 21, 2006)
France is like India in one respect: looking for new friends, trade and business promotion and strengthening strategic relations.
- Iran Leader Urges Muslims To Fund Palestinians (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Monday on Muslims worldwide to provide money to the Palestinians during his talks with the Islamic radical Hamas movement, state television reported.
- Seal The Deal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 21, 2006)
The formula that the Centre has proposed on fast breeder reactors (FBRs) is evidence of the kind of creative compromise and tough albeit flexible strategy that is necessary to close the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Fowl Threat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 21, 2006)
Could the large-scale killing of chickens in bird flu affected areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat claim the lives of those very workers engaged in the ghastly task?
- France To Help In N-Energy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 21, 2006)
India today sent an unambiguous message to the international community when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proclaimed that all facilities procured by New Delhi in future through international cooperation on civilian nuclear energy will be subjected to IAEA
- Us-India N-Deal Close: Burns (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The United States remains optimistic that it will clinch a landmark agreement with India on civilian nuclear cooperation, a top US diplomat said in a US magazine interview published on Sunday.
- Poultry Imports From India, Iran, France Banned (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan has banned all imports of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France after the countries reported cases of H5N1 bird flu, officials said on Monday.
- Not The President, But Close (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Feb 21, 2006)
Every comedian in America has been having a gag-fest at the expense of Vice-President Dick Cheney, who accidentally shot his 78-year-old “acquaintance,” Harry Whittington, while hunting quail in Texas, in the face.
- Safta Needs A Patron (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 21, 2006)
I Need to revisit the subject of Safta. My last article on the subject appeared on January 24, less than a month ago.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 21, 2006)
In India and many parts of the world, AOL has become synonymous not so much with America Online but with an inner and spiritual search engine called the Art of Living.
- Afghan Protesters Threaten To Join Qaeda (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Hundreds of Afghans shouted support on Monday for Osama Bin Laden and threatened to join Al Qaeda during a protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), while Pakistani Islamists vowed to broaden their campaign.
- Disturbing Event (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 21, 2006)
A report in this newspaper that 22 members of a larger family of eight brothers have migrated from the higher reaches in Ramban tehsil to the plains makes a disquieting reading. They have come under threat from Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
- Pandemic Preparedness (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 21, 2006)
The arrival of avian flu in Africa means that the bird epidemic is officially out of control. None of the methods used against it so far — mass vaccination of poultry flocks in China, mass bird slaughter across Southeast Asia . . .
- Target Practice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2006)
Dick Cheney hits a Harry
With a President - George Bush – known for shooting from the lip, it would be no surprise if the US Vice President – Dick Cheney - was prone to shooting from the hip. So when Mr Cheney went hunting quail . . .
- Flu Calls For Political Leadership (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 21, 2006)
Nature, fate and institutional failure have conspired to trigger off the severe avian flu outbreak in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra. And while little could have been done to check the lethal workings of the first two, . . .
- Give Mulford The Boot: Indian Opp (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 21, 2006)
The Indian opposition, ruling alliance partners and Left parties asked the government on Monday to show the door to United States Ambassador David Mulford for interfering in the country’s internal matters.
- Street Violence Is Not The Answer (Dawn, Zia-ul-Islam, Feb 21, 2006)
It is ironic that in the middle of the cartoon crisis, Abu Hamza al Masri, a London-based Muslim leader, should be convicted by a British judge for delivering sermons that “created a real danger to the lives of innocent people in different . . .
- Bitter Harvests Of Zionism (Dawn, Paul Oestreicher, Feb 21, 2006)
The chief rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, is right. His reaction to the Anglican synod’s call for sanctions against Israel is understandable. Hatred of Judaism — now commonly called anti-Semitism — is a virus that has infected Christendom for two millennia.
- Azad To Inaugurate Peace Bridge Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will tomorrow inaugurate the re-erected Kaman Aman Setu (Peace Bridge), which connects Uri with Muzaffarabad, along the Line of Control (LoC).
- Chirac Arrives In India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived here today on a two-day official visit for discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on giving a fresh impetus to the Indo-French Strategic Relationship and to political and economic diplomacy.
- Right Answer! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 20, 2006)
Not very long ago Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had sought the United States' support to resolve the Kashmir "dispute".
- Empowerment Of Women (Daily Excelsior, Angela Gadroo, Feb 20, 2006)
Ancient Vedas, Sastras, Aranyakas, Upanishads etc vehemently opposed any type of gender discrimination or differences due to caste, colour and nationality and highlighted the cardinal principle that all human beings are equal.
- Bush Figures In Lucknow Muslim Rally Against Prophet Cartoons (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Thousands of Muslims gathered here today to protest against the Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammad. While that was the focal point of the ehtejaaj ka muzahira (public display of anger), the crowds also rallied against US President George W Bush’s . . .
- Israeli Cabinet Okays Sanctions On Hamas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Israel called a permanent halt on Sunday to its monthly transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority but settled for a watered-down package of other sanctions after a Hamas-led Palestinian parliament was sworn in.
- Islam From German Perspective (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 20, 2006)
Sometimes one feels a little sorry for those European diplomats serving in Islamic countries when they suddenly discover that their country has been placed on the black list of Muslim countries because some sensation-seeking newspaper . . .
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Reinforcing Ties With China (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Feb 20, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf’s current state visit to China at the invitation of the President Hu Jinato, will herald the events organized in connection with the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and ....
- Clinton Hopeful Of Better Ties Between India, Pakistan (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 20, 2006)
Former US president Bill Clinton said on Sunday that the United States expected relations between India and Pakistan to improve within the framework of an economically unified South Asia.
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- Real Issue Behind Cartoon Sacrilege (Deccan Herald, Augusto Zamora, Feb 20, 2006)
The cartoons seem to have been the last straw after decades of wrongs
- Govt Says No Case Of Human Bird Flu (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 20, 2006)
The government said on Sunday it had found no case of human avian influenza after preliminary tests on a dead farmer earlier suspected to have been the country's first human victim of the disease.
- Nuclear Deal Not Lynchpin Of Indo-Us Relationship: Clinton (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Ahead of US President George W Bush's India visit, his predecessor Bill Clinton today played down doubts on the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying it should not be treated as the "lynchpin" of bilateral ties.
- Space Mission, Green Revolution On Bush Agenda (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
A keynote speech by US President George W Bush at a function hosted by the Asia Society in Washington coming Wednesday is expected to underline some of the themes and issues he will be dealing with during his visit to India and Pakistan.
- Reveries Of Equilibrium (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 20, 2006)
Walras showed through his mathematical exercise that if all these conditions, which define a perfect market, were satisfied, the market would reach a state of equilibrium at the end of the day, yielding maximum possible satisfaction to all buyers and ....
- The Future Shocks (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 20, 2006)
It’s exactly the sort of document that an American think-tank would have produced in the year 1900, if they had think-tanks in 1900. This time it’s the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the document is called China Modernization Report 2006.
- How The Stalemate Machine Works (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Feb 20, 2006)
The obvious lesson of Kakopathar is that counter-insurgency operations and negotiations towards peace do not go together, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
- On These Same Tracks, In 1971 (Indian Express, M.L. KHANNA, Feb 20, 2006)
As a train once again speeds between Munabao and Khokrapar, M.L. KHANNA remembers a vastly different episode from that war
- Changing The Face Of Global Security (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Feb 20, 2006)
The underlying theme, promoted by the U.S. and Germany, of the 42nd Munich Conference of Security Policy was that NATO must have the pivotal role in the 21st century's world order.
- Another Spat Between Russia And Georgia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 20, 2006)
The row between the two countries over the breakaway Georgian territory of South Ossetia could have a wider fallout.
- Bird Flu: Lethal And Spreading Fast (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Feb 20, 2006)
The Government's efforts to check the spread of the H5N1 virus, first noticed at Nandurbar, Maharashtra, may not suffice.
- New Left (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It can be easier to win elections than to know what to do with power. The Left Front’s election manifesto can be meaningful to the people only if they see it as a realistic programme of action for making their lives better.
- Strategic Thinking (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 20, 2006)
The Prime Minister speaking at the Association of Indian Diplomats, while releasing their newly launched journal referred to the dearth of strategic long-term thinking in our country.
- Chirac In India For Trade Talks Amid Arcelor Row (Reuters, Sophie Louet, Feb 20, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday with a group of top CEOs to improve trade ties with Asia's third-largest economy amid a growing row over an Indian-born tycoon's bid for Luxembourg-based steelmaker Arcelor.
- Ipi — Firmly In Place? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
To the relief of all concerned, the meeting of the oil ministers of India and Pakistan in New Delhi has confirmed that the IPI gas project is very much on. Considering the many factors that could have thrown this tripartite venture into jeopardy,
- Time For A Moratorium (Dawn, Aitzaz Ahsan, Feb 20, 2006)
The sense of outrage over the cartoons (which none had seen) was over-powering and all-pervasive as I entered the National Assembly Hall on February 13.
- India Not To Dilute N-Deterrent Capacity: Anand Sharma (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 20, 2006)
Mr Anand Sharma, the new Minister of State for External Affairs, answers all kinds of questions and the phrase “no comments” does not seem to have entered his lexicon, at least not yet. Excerpts from an interview:
- 15 Killed In Nigerian Cartoon Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Armed mob rampages though streets, burns down 15 churches
Police and soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of this northern Nigerian town on Sunday, one day after thousands of Nigerian Muslims, protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed, . . .
- Modernising The Village Economy (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 20, 2006)
The fruits of economic development fall where educated people live, not where they work. Hence, if we want to enrich villages, we should induce the educated to live there. But for this to happen we need to install reliable means of social services and ...
- Steps Taken To Curb Bird Flu: Anbumani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The Government has taken adequate measures to control the spread of bird flu, which has infected poultry in Nandurbar district in Maharashtra, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss said here on Sunday.
- French President Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
* Seeks to boost trade and hold nuclear talks with Delhi
French President Jacques Chirac arrived in India on Sunday for a whistle-stop visit aimed at bolstering trade and civilian nuclear cooperation with the emerging economic powerhouse.
- Report Of Panel On Energy Security — Confines Itself To Known Technologies (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Feb 20, 2006)
ThePlanning Commission had set up an Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of eminent economist and Member, Planning Commission, Dr Kirit Parikh, to prepare an energy policy linked with sustainable development that covers all sources of energy and ....
- Help, Before Fear Takes Wing (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Feb 20, 2006)
Loss to life from a disease is typically computed on the basis of mortality rates. By that reckoning avian influenza, with rates up to 90-100 per cent, would be as deadly as it gets, right?
- Safety Guides (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
The decision on whether to allow asbestos-laden Clemenceau to be broken down in Alang, Gujarat, is no longer ours to take.
- Don't Peg Ties On N-Deal, Says Clinton (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
On a visit to India, former US President Bill Clinton warned against pegging the ties between the two countries on the nuclear deal alone.
- Clinton Group, India To Train Nurses In Aids Care (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the Indian government announced on Sunday a joint plan to train nurses in AIDS care in a country which has the world's second-largest number of HIV/AIDS cases.
- ‘Retired’ Atal In Seat Watch (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee may have announced his “retirement” but signals from the BJP suggest the party veteran has not really called it quits.
- The Dalmia Saga: Nailed By The Net (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 20, 2006)
For a man who manipulated infotech companies, it is only fitting that Dinesh Dalmia’s activities were trailed by employees and associates that kept popping out of cyberspace and linked journalists across the world.
- Who Is The Better Singer? It All Depends On Where You Come From (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 20, 2006)
Vinit and Debojit, Lucknow and the entire Northeast, not to mention viewers, will be happy when Final Friday (24 February) comes and goes.
- Bird Flu: Maharashtra Culls 50,000 Chickens (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The Maharashtra government on Sunday culled 50,000 chickens following confirmation of India's first avian flu case in the state even as officials remained on high alert to prevent the spread of the disease.
- Love And Self (Indian Express, RACHNA ABROL, Feb 20, 2006)
Nishidi and I were talking about relationships when she said, “It is very easy to love and very difficult to care. She said love is about you and how you feel about the other person but care is what you give, how much the other person feels loved and . .
- Aid To Iran . . . (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Feb 20, 2006)
Is it a sing of increased wisdom -- or is it a sign of increased desperation? If the Bush administration had announced its intention to spend $75 million on promoting democracy, student exchanges and independent media in Iran several years ago, . . . .
- . . . And Cuts For Russia (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Feb 20, 2006)
As we've said above, it is good news that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is planning to spend $75 million on aid to Iranian democrats and Farsi-language broadcasters.
- The Elusive Goal Of Energy Security (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
Energy issues are in sharp focus. The State of the Union address by President George Bush, preceded by former US president Bill Clinton’s remarks in Davos are being interpreted as America’s growing unease with both the economics and . . .
- To Be Free Is Not A Luxury (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Feb 19, 2006)
Allow me, please, one moment in this beleaguered time to savour a narrow but vital victory for freedom of speech.
- Thar Express Back On Track After 41 Years (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
In a major boost to people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, the second rail link between the two countries was established today with the trans-border Thar Express resuming operations after a gap of 41 years.
- Telling Right From Left (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 19, 2006)
As someone who believes that Indian communists always act against the interests of India I pay close attention to what they say.
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- Joshi Veers Off Bjp Line, Slams Pm For Iran Vote, N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
His party may fully back India’s IAEA vote against Iran but, in a letter to the Prime Minister, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has sharply criticised the implications of India’s position on Iran and has also attacked the proposed India-US nuclear deal.
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