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Articles 16921 through 17020 of 31829:
- Natwar Faces More Grilling (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Enforcement Directorate questioned former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh for the second day on Saturday after it received a fresh set of bank documents from Iraq and Jordon in the oil-for-food scam investigated by the UN’s Volcker Committee
- Palestinian Vote Has Given West First Opportunity To Legitimise Hamas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 19, 2006)
The electoral verdict of the Palestinian people has given the West its first and probably only opportunity to legitimise Hamas and simultaneously inhibit it with political respectability.
- U.S. Wants Iraq Held Together, Says Clinton (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
`India must help in preserving democracy'
- Natwar Singh Questioned Again (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Enforcement Directorate today questioned former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh for the second day today after it received a fresh set of bank documents from Iraq and Jordon in the oil-for-food scam investigated by the UN’s Volcker Committee
- Nanavati Panel Seeks Information (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Gujarat asked to file reply by March 1
Wants papers and documents, including press statements on Godhra tragedy
Panel yet to issue order on Centre's refusal to furnish a copy of Narayanan's letter
- Nuclear Deal Prejudicial To National Interests: Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Seeks full debate during Parliament session
Onerous restrictions on India'
`Attempts to make country sign NPT'
Pakistan connection alleged in Iran issue
- Karzai Gave Taliban Dossiers To Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 19, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan handed over extensive intelligence dossiers to President Pervez Musharraf, containing details of how suicide bombers who attack targets in Afghanistan are being recruited, trained and equipped in Pakistan.
- Nuclear Energy Tops Musharraf Agenda (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 19, 2006)
Five-day China visit from Sunday
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a five-day visit to China, with nuclear energy on top of his agenda.
- Us And India: Time To Think (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Feb 19, 2006)
By now it is a cliché to say that the United States is the only super power in the world and everybody knows it. But it is behaving like one with India in a manner that can only be described as crude. If India does not bare its teeth now, . . .
- Chirac Optimistic Over Civilian Nuclear Energy For India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday he was optimistic that France could compete with the United States in supplying nuclear power capability to India once
New Delhi reaches an accord with the international community on its civilian nuclear. . .
- It Is Not A Measured Step! (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Pakstan has recalled its Ambassador from Copenhagen and the Danish Embassy in Islamabad has suspended its functioning, as protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons continue unabated across the country.
- Iran Believes Russian N-Proposal ‘Useful’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Iranian legislator hopes Russia will not act like America
- Hard Work Mittal’S Mantra Of Success (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 19, 2006)
WOULD you believe that the world’s richest Indian was born almost penniless, grew up in a small town of Rajasthan surrounded by thorn shrubs and sand dunes, lived in a dilapidated house and slept on concrete floors?
- Google Ranks Censorship As Trade Issue (Tribune, Stephen Foley, Feb 19, 2006)
Google pledged to reconsider its controversial decision to launch a self-censored web search business in China, if it looked as if the internet was failing to improve freedom of expression in the People’s Republic.
- Bush Visit Will Give A Boost To Indo-Us Ties: Inderfurth (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 19, 2006)
The Indo-US relations have been marked by reciprocal visits to New Delhi and Washington by the leaders of both nations. President George W. Bush will visit India in March.
- Bush Backs Nuke Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Seeking to clear the air on the Indo-US nuclear deal which has hit roadblocks, President Mr George W Bush has defended the pact and said he would talk about the “development” of a civilian nuclear power industry during his visit to New Delhi next month.
- George Bush Defends India-U.S. Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
To discuss development of civilian nuclear industry during his visit
- Indian-American Gets Life Term (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
An Indian-American has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after he was convicted of killing a student in a shooting spree at a Cleveland university in Ohio three years ago.
- Clinton Lauds Cipla For Manufacturing Anti-Aids Drugs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Clinton Foundation had been in partnership with it for contractual supplies
Says stigma, inability to universalise testing major impediments in treatment
About 6.2 million need medicines, but only 1-1.5 million actually get them
- Azad To Inaugurate Re-Erected Peace Bridge At Loc Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir 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).
- ‘What’ Of The Knot (Deccan Herald, Geetha Srinivasan, Feb 19, 2006)
This book explains the ritual part of Hindu marriage to enable the participants to fully understand the significance of the sacrament.
- Indian Minister Announces Rs 510m For Cartoonist’S Death (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Haji Yaqoob Qureshi, Indian minister from UP, has announced a bounty worth 510 million rupees on the head of the Danish cartoonist responsible for offensive caricatures and warned the United States of America of suicide plane attacks akin to 9/11.
- H’Bad Am-Bushes B’Lore (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 19, 2006)
Bangalore has again lost the opportunity to play host to a visiting American President.
- Hurriyat Constituents Don't Favour (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Feb 19, 2006)
Two constituents of the Executive Council of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's Hurriyat Conference have decided against participating in Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's all-parties roundtable conference on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Agribusiness Clinics (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Bhushan, Feb 19, 2006)
Traditionally, Indian has been subsistence oriented with low energy and low amounts of inputs use and with very low involvement of private sector.
- Fuelling ‘Minority Complex’ Among Indian Muslims (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 19, 2006)
My good friend M J Akbar raises a question in his introduction to late Dr Rafiq Zakaria’s seminal book Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?
- Falling In Line (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Feb 19, 2006)
The BJP’s foreign policy has traditionally tilted towards America and the viewpoint of the Islamic world gets short shrift.
- Passport-Less Durand Line (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has proposed that there should not be any passports between Pakistan and Afghanistan on the pattern of European Union, as this would allow more trade and prosperity for the two countries.
- The Rage And Fury Over Cartoons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
After weeks of violence and much fraught soul-searching, European Union governments are hoping that Muslim outrage over the publication of the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) will soon die down. Muslims have now vented their fury over the insult,
- Scant Us Respect For Un (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
The United Nations on Thursday called upon the United States to shut down its detention center at Guantanamo Bay ‘without further delay’ but in a prompt reaction, the US rejected the demand insisting that the inmates of torture camp were dangerous . . .
- Moving Ahead With Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Paksitana's Recent Ratification of the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement constitutes a big leap forward for the SAARC exercise.
- A Friend & A Global Player (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to pay an official visit to China in the next few days.
- Bilateral Barometer (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Seafarers have always kept an eye on the “glass” to check if the weather was closing in. In recent years the fate of fisherfolk seeking a livelihood off the Gujarat coastline has become an accurate index of the health of Indo-Pak relations.
- India-Pakistan Train Link Sparks Reunion Hopes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Second rail link between Khokarapar and Munabao opened on Saturday, decades after it was severed.
- India And France Close To Civilian N-Deal: Chirac (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
India and France are close to reaching a deal that would allow India access to civilian nuclear technology, said French President Jacques Chirac in an interview with India Today released on Friday.
- On A Trip Of Friendship (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai’s three-day visit to Pakistan was the latest in a series of exchanges at the top government level the two countries have had in the post-9/11 period.
- The Elusive Goal Of Energy Security (The Economic Times, NK SINGH, Feb 18, 2006)
Energy issues are in sharp focus. The ‘State of the Union’ address by President Bush, preceded by former president Clinton’s remarks in Davos, are being interpreted as America’s growing unease with both the economics and politics of energy management.
- Against Nature (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Tuesday’s earthquake in Sikkim was devastating enough and serves to highlight the disastrous consequences of the ecological imbalance in the hills.
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 18, 2006)
I am sorry if you feel you have had enough of the latest religion vs freedom of expression controversy: the fuss over the Danish cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.
- Free, But Not Fair (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
Islam is by no means the only religion which gives its founder greater respect than God. It is equally true of other religions as well.
- ‘Poaching: Do Away With Ifs And Buts’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Feb 18, 2006)
Barbara Maas, chief executive of Care for the Wild International: Every Indian citizen must decide that they want tigers to survive.
- Bush Defends Indo-Us Nuclear Arrangement (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
US President George W Bush has defended the civilian nuclear energy arrangement with India.
- Bubble In Melting Pot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
US bureaucracy can be smarter. But so should our response to official American snafus
- Luring Intellectual Capital (Deccan Herald, Evelyn Iritani, Feb 18, 2006)
President Bush’s recent call for more visas for skilled foreign workers increases the likelihood that relief is on the way for US technology firms that say they are struggling to fill key positions....
- Doctor Prescribes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
Under attack on foreign policy, PM needed to show firmness. He’s done that. Must do more
- From Typhoid Mary To Diabetic Debbie: Watch Every Breath They Take (Indian Express, PHILLIP LONGMAN, Feb 18, 2006)
On January 15, New York City began requiring local clinical laboratories to report to the city health department the results of blood sugar tests performed on citizens.
- Undignified, But Not A Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
The former Iraqi dictator’s shambolic trial can, and should, be salvaged
Winston Churchill wanted Hitler summarily executed. A fair trial would be a “farce”, he said.
- After Pokhran Thrust (Daily Excelsior, K.S. Rangachary, Feb 18, 2006)
The prime minister’s office (PMO) and the country’s nuclear establishment are shadow-boxing over the separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities as part of the deal with the US.
- The Real Estate Boom (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Gongopadhyay, Feb 18, 2006)
Despite a much publicised demolition drive in the Capital of India due to judicial pressure, the growth of the real estate sector may continue in the forth-coming financial year.
- N-Deal Would Be A Great Accomplishment’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
US Congressman Frank Pallone has said implementation of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is important for bilateral relations and will help strengthen energy security between the nations.
- Cartoons: Clinton & Chirac Say Publication A Mistake (Indian Express, Faisal Aziz, Feb 18, 2006)
Anger against cartoons of Prophet Muhammad flared anew in Asia on Friday in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- Kitne Musalman Hain? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 18, 2006)
Let me ask you a question I like to put often to the top brass of our armed forces, as well as the police, paramilitary and intelligence organisations: when was the last time you heard a column of the army, called out to restore order in a communal riot,
- Shut It Down (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 18, 2006)
US should heed the UN call and dismantle the prison camp
The US government’s decision to reject outright the United Nations’ call to close down the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison camp is disappointing but not surprising.
- Musharraf’S Other Wars (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
SELIG S. HARRISON on the armed struggles to defend Pakistan from within
- Guidelines On Floating Shares Before Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Demutualisation not a panacea for all ills, says SEBI chief
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday said that it would come out with guidelines on floating shares in listed companies before presentation of the budget.
- Jayakumar, Shettar Among 20 New Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them have become Ministers for the first time; 12 more posts vacant
Ministers were sworn in one by one
All of them have been given Cabinet rank
Function ended by 10.45 a.m. in view of the High Court sitting
- Hamas Faces Economic Stranglehold (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 18, 2006)
A collective punishment on the Palestinians: Islamic group "The world should realise that more pressure on the Palestinian people will create more tension and everyone is going to be a loser, including Israel."
- Not Dead Enough? (Hindu, Seumas Milne, Feb 18, 2006)
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe.
- Creative Solutions, Sarkari Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Feb 18, 2006)
The many ways in which officials in a region gripped by crisis try to deal with it can be intriguing. Even entertaining. From advising farmers to plant crops in line with zodiac signs to suggesting they bear arms against moneylenders — it's all happening
- The Nuclear Issue And Iran's Domestic Debate (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 18, 2006)
While there is a consensus in Iran on acquiring nuclear know-how, there are deep differences on whether to go in for weapons capability. But the threat of aggression by the U.S. or Israel could prove a rallying factor.
- Scientist Visa In Us Soup (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The US today said it has not taken a final decision on the visa applications of two Indian scientists.
- Amnesty Urges Sanctions To End Nepal Abuses (Reuters, Mark Williams, Feb 18, 2006)
International sanctions against the government of Nepal's King Gyanendra must be considered in a bid to end human rights abuses and restore democracy, the head of Amnesty International said on Friday.
- Eshwarappa, Horatti Among 20 Cabinet Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them are first-time Ministers; 12 more posts vacant
In the first expansion of the two-week old Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday inducted 20 Ministers . . .
- Iran: Left For Immediate Discussion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Somnath urges them to listen to PM
India should not tie itself down to uranium supplies
Need to develop thorium because of the reserves
Low availability of foodgrains, says Yechury
- Enhance Bandwidth Immediately: Kalam (Hindu, T. Jayaraman, Feb 18, 2006)
"It should be free and made available to all those who need it"
Government should take the lead in making bandwidth available
Kalam's vision a great technical challenge, says U.S. expert
- Bush Defends Indo-Us Nuclear Arrangement (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
US President George W Bush has defended the civilian nuclear energy arrangement with India, saying it is "good policy" for America to encourage emerging economies to use clean energy like nuclear power.
- Bangladeshi Muslims Burn Danish Flags In Cartoon Protests (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Thousands of Bangladeshis joined a protest march and burnt Danish flags as fresh demonstrations erupted in the Islamic country over cartoons of prophet Mohammed.
- Us At It Once Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 18, 2006)
The Americans have put up another spectacular display of their legendary arrogance to demonstrate why it is difficult to love them.
- New Delhi Committed To Iran-India Gas Pipeline - Pm (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
India is committed to building a pipeline to carry Iranian gas across Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament on Friday.
- U.S. Rumsfeld Rejects Calls For Guantanamo Closure (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday rejected calls from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and others to close Guantanamo Bay prison, and firmly denied accusations of torture and abuse.
- Abbas To Ask Hamas To Form Government, End Violence (Reuters, WAFA AMR, Feb 18, 2006)
The Palestinian parliament will be sworn in on Saturday with Hamas as its majority bloc, paving the way for the Islamist group to form a cabinet despite calls by major world powers to boycott it.
- Wb:muslims Decry Danish Cartoon On Prophet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Hundreds of Muslims today joined a protest march after the Friday prayers expressing their anger at the publication of cartoons of Prophet Mohammad in a Danish newspaper.
- Pak Shield For Iran N-Fire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Prime Minister kept America out of the picture as he defended his government’s vote on Iran today, focusing solely on the Tehran-Islamabad link and the threat it posed to India.
- Iran Developing N-Bomb: France (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
France branded Iran’s nuclear programme as a “clandestine, military” project for the first time today, sparking a sharp protest from Tehran in its international standoff with the West.
- Nuke Deal Unlikely During Bush Visit (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Feb 18, 2006)
American analysts and experts familiar with South Asian affairs have expressed scepticism over India and the United States finalising their July 18, 2005 bilateral civilian nuclear accord before or even during President George W. Bush’s first visit . . .
- Indo-French N-Deal Not During Chirac’S Visit (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 18, 2006)
As French President Jacques Chirac arrives here on February 19 on a two-day state visit to India, a host of bilateral agreements in the field of defence, space and education will be signed, but the Indo-US-type nuclear deal with France . . .
- Khan Link Prompted Iran Vote: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday strongly defended India’s recent vote against Iran at IAEA by articulating long-held proliferation concerns over Tehran’s links with rogue Pakistani scientist A Q Khan and pointing to Islamabad’s . . .
- George Bush Defends Indo-Us Civilian Nuclear Pact (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
US President George W Bush has defended the civilian nuclear energy arrangement with India, saying it is 'good policy' for America to encourage emerging economies to use clean energy like nuclear power.
- Us Refuses Visa To Ex-Iisc Chief, Member Of Pm Panel (Indian Express, PALLAVA BAGLA, Feb 17, 2006)
Questioning his internationally acclaimed credentials and suggesting that he was working in “chemical warfare and bioterrorism,” the United States has refused an entry visa to Professor Goverdhan Mehta, former director of the Indian Institute of Science,
- Foreign Tax Credit: Need For Introduction In India (Business Standard, Ganesh Raj, Feb 17, 2006)
There is a general euphoria about the state of the Indian economy. Outbound investments are no longer restricted but tactically encouraged. Globalisation is the buzzword today.
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