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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 31829:
- Musharraf 95 Pct Sure U.S. Airstrike Killed Five Al Qaeda (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday he was almost certain a U.S. airstrike which killed 18 Pakistani villagers near the Afghan border last month also killed five al Qaeda militants.
- France Adds To Pressure On India's Atomic Ambitions (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
France has lined up behind U.S. pressure on New Delhi to put more of its nuclear facilities under international scrutiny, making it clear that French help for India's atomic energy programme hangs in the balance.
- Iran Threatens Revision Of N-Policy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Iranian President on Saturday rejected Western pressure to freeze the country's nuclear programme and issued a veiled threat to walk away from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- No Let-Up In Worldwide Protests Against Cartoons (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Demonstrations were staged in London, Paris and the west German city of Duesseldorf and in Asia on Saturday as Muslims were set to rally across Europe to vent their anger over the blasphemous sketches.
- G8 Powers Warn Of Pandemic As Bird Flu Spread (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Group of Eight industrial powers have warned of the risk of a bird flu pandemic, just hours before news broke that the deadly H5N1 virus had spread to
Italy, Greece and Bulgaria.
- John Cherian (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Feb 12, 2006)
The Hamas victory in the Palestine elections, facilitated by the corruption in the Palestinian Authority run by the Fatah, promises a dramatic change in West Asian politics characterised by an Islamist upsurge.
- A General On The Edge (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 12, 2006)
The multiple crises facing Pakistan have a disturbing precedent: the last time around, they ended with the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the rise of the Islamist military dictatorship of Zia-ul-Haq.
- Free Speech Not Absolute (Dawn, Agha Shahi, Feb 12, 2006)
The European newspapers which have printed the outrageous cartoons demonizing the Holy Prophet (PBUH) of Islam have given the deepest possible offence to more than a billion of his followers across the world.
- 2006: A Year Of Consolidation (Indian Express, N K Singh, Feb 12, 2006)
Jaipur, one of India’s prime tourist destinations, recently played host to a high-profile investors’ conference. The 10th India Investors’ Conference, organised by Merrill Lynch, witnessed high-quality presence of global institutional investors . . .
- Sc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
A full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, has allowed kite manufacturing and kite flying from February 25 to March 10 and directed the District Nazims to fix one-day . . .
- Coveted Telecom Award (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 12, 2006)
World GSM Association has selected Pakistan for the prestigious ‘Leadership Award 2006’ in telecom sector after evaluating the country’s performance and steady growth in that direction.
- Bomb That Ticks On N-Deal (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 12, 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.
- Now, India To Have More Us Diplomats (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Feb 11, 2006)
In keeping with the expectation and belief that an Asian Century is now underway, the United States has deployed more diplomats to China and India in the first round of a broad restructuring of American diplomatic posts . . .
- Telecom Psus Launch One-India Plan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
STD call at Re 1 a minute across the country
In a major bonanza to subscribers, telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, today launched “OneIndia” plan charging maximum tariff of Re 1 for a call to any place in the country.
- Forward With Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2006)
US must push it through Congress
With the Iran vote behind us, the contours of the nuclear debate are gaining some clarity. There is no question that the July 18 Indo-US deal is in India’s national interest.
- Fat Is Not Too Much Of An Evil (Tribune, Rob Stein, Feb 11, 2006)
Low-fat diets do not protect women against heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer or colon cancer, a major study has found, contradicting what had once been promoted as one of the cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle.
- Myths About Iran Conflict (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 11, 2006)
Is there anything the West can do, short of a highly dangerous military option, to prevent Iran from going forward with its nuclear program? The answer is clearly yes.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 11, 2006)
I do not wish to minimise the difficulties (involved in India’s ties with Islamabad), but I believe the destiny and history of our two countries oblige us to stay engaged.
- Step-Train Treatment (Tribune, Parbina Rashid, Feb 11, 2006)
AS a frequent traveller of the Indian Railways, I thought I had seen it all. Be it travelling without tickets or without reservations, general compartments or airconditioned coaches, I had enriched myself with enough experiences to call myself a veteran.
- Silver Lining In Dhaka Clouds (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 11, 2006)
It was a sea of humanity. Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis converged on Dhaka early this week after trudging along for four days from different parts of the country.
- Shopping For Health Care (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 11, 2006)
President Bush spoke eloquently last week about the need for health care reform, but his concrete proposals are not unlike his plan for Social Security last year — modest steps that affect individuals but don’t address the broader problem.
- Bush Looking Forward To Visit India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The White House has said that President George W Bush is looking forward to his visit to India with a view to building on an improving relationship over the years
- 'Four Asian Countries Helped Us To Foil Al Qaeda Plot' (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Feb 11, 2006)
United States today revealed that four Asian nations helped the country foil an al Qaeda plot to crash a hijacked plane into Los Angeles' tallest skyscraper.
- Taking God Seriously (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Feb 11, 2006)
I see a perverse saving grace in an Iranian newspaper’s tit-for-tat promise of a contest of Holocaust cartoons.
- Family Planning (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 11, 2006)
It is almost 12 years since a global commitment to make family planning services a reality across the world by 2015 was made at an international conference on population in Cairo.
- A Royal Farce In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 11, 2006)
A nationwide election that could not be held in half the number of districts in the country; which all major political parties boycotted; for which candidates could be found only for a third of the available posts;
- Bridge Chasm Between The West And Muslim World: Badawi (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 11, 2006)
Protests continue across Asian countries over blasphemous cartoons
- Al-Qaeda Planned To Attack Los Angeles Building: Bush (Hindu, Suzanne Goldenberg, Feb 11, 2006)
The plot was to fly hijacked aircraft into the 72-storey Library Tower
- Deportees Defame Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 11, 2006)
More than 800 Pakistanis deported by Oman and United States on different counts have returned home. Over 750 of them have come from Oman for entering the country illegally or with fake documents.
- Davos Gets A 'Taste Of India' (Daily Excelsior, M Karthikeyan, Feb 11, 2006)
Global business leaders, who expected a bland fare from New Delhi at the World Economic Forum, were in for a surprise at this year's annual meeting at Davos, where they finally got a real taste of the 'Indian curry', as the country dished . . .
- Indo-U.S. Space Cooperation Adrift (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Feb 11, 2006)
If the U.S. is unwilling to relax controls in the arena of space technology, where ISRO stands to gain in commercial terms, why should India yield on the nuclear front?
- We Will Put Centre In The Dock: Karat (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Feb 11, 2006)
'Explain stand on Iran'
Alternative proposals made by the Left not being taken seriously
There is widespread opposition to allowing FDI in retail trade
- Lower Phone Rates On The Cards, Says Maran (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 11, 2006)
OneIndia tariff plan is to meet rural India needs
Claiming credit for the countrywide common call rate, Union Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Friday that private companies would also reduce phone charges as soon as the Government . . .
- India Has To Make "Compromises" For Nuke Cooperation: France (Press Trust of India, Ajay Kaul, Feb 11, 2006)
France today said India will have to make "some compromises" on the issue of separation of its civil and military facilities as lack of consensus in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) could put any such arrangement on nuclear cooperation "on hold".
- 'India Has To Compromise For N-Deal' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
France has said that India will have to make "some compromises" on the issue of separation of its civil and military facilities as lack of consensus in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) could put any such arrangement on nuclear cooperation "on hold".
- Am-Bushed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 11, 2006)
Being uncivil about the US president is a reflection on India’s institutional maturity
- Journalists And The Truth (Hindu, Mark Lawson, Feb 11, 2006)
GEORGE CLOONEY has become the commander-in-chief of Hollywood's anti-Bush forces.
- Call Anywhere In India For Re 1 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
BSNL and MTNL announced the “OneIndia” plan which introduces a uniform Re 1 per minute tariff for all long-distance calls made anywhere within the country anytime of the day.
- Us Queries Putin On Hamas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The united States sought clarification today of Russia’s intentions in inviting the Palestinian group Hamas to Moscow for talks amid efforts to force the militants to renounce violence before taking power.
- Russian Invite To Hamas Leaders Infuriates Israel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
An Israeli Cabinet minister on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "stabbing Israel in the back" for inviting Hamas militants to Moscow following their decisive victory in Palestinian elections.
- Ringing In A Rupee-A-Minute Regime (Indian Express, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Feb 11, 2006)
The share prices of BSNL and MTNL rose by about three per cent the instant Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran announced his pet ‘One India’ plan, under which BSNL and MTNL lowered their STD tariffs to Rs 1 per minute . . .
- A New, Clear Doctrine (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
After 40 years of ambiguity, we took the big risk in Pokharan II. It worked. The US N-deal means reaping rewards, let’s not blow it
- U.S. Mulling More Nuclear Talks Before Bush India Trip (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The top U.S. negotiator on a landmark nuclear deal with India may soon visit New Delhi for talks on the troubled accord before President George W. Bush visits South Asia next month, U.S. officials said on Friday.
- Bsnl, Mtnl To Cut Long Distance Call Rates (Reuters, Nigam Prusthy, Feb 11, 2006)
State-run telecoms firms BSNL and MTNL on Friday cut long distance call rates to one rupee per minute under a new tariff plan aimed at boosting usage and matching their competitors.
- Iraq's Sadr Says Prophet Images Must Unite Muslims (Reuters, Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Feb 11, 2006)
Muslims must unite and set aside sectarian differences to counter a Western "crusade" on Islam following a furore over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, Iraqi Shi'ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr said on Friday.
- India Has To Make Compromises: France (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
India has to make some proposals, acceptable to us, to the Americans and all other NSG countries, says Girard
- Nepal At The Crossroads (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 11, 2006)
One can say with some degree of confidence that the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal is at a crossroads today regarding its State structure.
- Muslims Protest Publication Of Prophet's Cartoon (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Angry Muslims today held demonstrations after Friday prayers and burnt Danish flags in several parts of the country to protest the publication of blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammad in a newspaper in Denmark and reproduced in many European dailies.
- History Will Be Kinder To Greenspan (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Feb 11, 2006)
On February 15, the new Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, would testify to the US Congress on the outlook for the US economy and monetary policy. Global financial markets would be super-attentive: it would be the first time for Mr Bernanke.
- Tank Up On Petrol And Say, ‘I’M Good Enough, I’M Rich Enough, And People In The Middle East Like My Money’ (Indian Express, John Tierney , Feb 11, 2006)
Before I unveil my plan for energy independence, let me explain what’s wrong with everyone else’s.
- Precarious Irreversibility Of Climate Change (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 11, 2006)
The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, terms climate change the "world's greatest environmental challenge". `Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change,' summarises the proceedings of an international symposium on the subject held a year ago.
- Valley Erupts Over Blasphemous Cartoon (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Feb 11, 2006)
In reminiscent of the 1989 demonstrations against Salman Rushdi’s Satanic Verses, the Valley today erupted over a cartoon published in a Danish magazine which has hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims in several countries.
- Nuclear Or Unclear? (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 11, 2006)
Reasoned public discourse is becoming a postmodern fantasy, says Pratap Bhanu Mehta
- Pakistan, 2005 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 11, 2006)
Day in, day out Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, his Prime Minister and other ministers talk of "demilitarisation" and "self-rule" in Jammu and Kashmir. What is the scenario like under their very noses?
- Hiccups In Civilian Nuclear Pact With The French Too (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 11, 2006)
The prospects of a formal India-France civilian nuclear cooperation agreement have hit a roadblock after New Delhi declined to make any references to the International Atomic Energy Agency or the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the document. Instead, . . .
- Grab The Moment (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 11, 2006)
C. Raja Mohan explains how the Indo-US nuclear pact could benefit all parties, including the DAE
- India’S Eau De Cologne And Europe’S Stench (The Globalist, Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, Feb 10, 2006)
Europe's business and political establishment has been shocked by the unsolicited $24 billion bid by Indian-owned giant Mittal Steel for its European rival Arcelor.
- On The Fast Breeder Programme, Begin A Civil Debate (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Feb 10, 2006)
With barely a month to go before the visit of US President George W. Bush to India, prospects of successfully taking forward the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear cooperation seem have receded further with the latest broadside of Secretary . . .
- Searching For Et (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Feb 10, 2006)
We study a planet as it was many light years ago, and if life exists, it may be more advanced than our own
- Slow Breeder Reactor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 10, 2006)
The BJP should have much to say on the nuclear deal. They why this strange silence?
- India-Us Accord On Civilian Nuclear Uses (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Feb 10, 2006)
The India-US nuclear accord, agreed in principle last July, is to promote civilian nuclear power and other peaceful nuclear applications by India.
- When The State Took Flight (Indian Express, Nandan Nilekani, Feb 10, 2006)
In their sweeping book on the 20th century, The Commanding Heights, Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw trace how the world has seesawed between the state and markets at different times due to various circumstances and based on the dominant . . .
- The Burdens Of The Modern Beast (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Now all of us have increased our portable effects, if not our effectiveness.
- India, Us Slam Nepal Municipal Poll As ‘Hollow Exercise’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
While the US slammed the elections in Nepal as a hollow attempt on the part of the King to legitimise power, the pro-government candidates in Nepal continue to sweep the polls.
- Buddha Calls Bush Names, Us Protests (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Feb 10, 2006)
With US President George W Bush expected here next month, a new row is building between the Left and the US envoy. Ambassador David Mulford has written a protest letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, . . .
- Four More Dd Channels In U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Service likely to start by end of March 2006
The Indian diaspora in the U.S. can watch four more Doordarshan channels from next month, with public broadcaster Prasar Bharati all set to make them available there.
- Suez, Hungary, Zhou And Ike (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
A new volume of Jawaharlal Nehru’s papers highlights his refusal to be bound by realpolitik, says INDER MALHOTRA
- Nation's Top Scientists Flay Indo-Us N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Top nuclear scientists and experts have come out in full support of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chief Anil Kakodkar's stance on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Wal-Mart And Monsanto On Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative Board (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 10, 2006)
Will set the agenda for collaborative research to be pursued with Indian labs
- Bush Looking Forward To India Visit: White House (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The White House has said that President George W Bush is looking forward to his visit to India with a view to building on an improving relationship over the years.
- Reality Bites Bush's Wish, Visa Woes Haunt Indians (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Though educational institutions in the US have been open to Indian talent, students from this country face difficulties and hurdles in grant and extension of visas, Karnataka Governor TN Chaturvedi said on Thursday.
- Lifting The Lid (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 10, 2006)
If we have been amazed by anyone’s ability to sleep soundly at night after the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, it has been Narendra Modi’s.
- Respond To Musharraf (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf cannot be faulted if he expected concessions from India in the ongoing peace process. New Delhi has yet to come up with a studied response to his proposals on Kashmir.
- Should Ias Men Act In Films? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Feb 10, 2006)
A fleeting glance at cinema posters and supplements touting this week’s Kannada releases reopens the old chestnut about whether serving IAS officers should be allowed to act in, direct or (clandestinely) produce feature films, TV serials and plays.
- Bush To Visit India By Month-End (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 10, 2006)
US President George W Bush’s visit to India is to go ahead as scheduled – and that’s official
- ‘Nuke-Deal: India Can Do Without Us Help’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
In by far the strongest disapproval of the apparent setting of conditions by the United States for the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal...
- Sezs Act Comes Into Force Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Investment, jobs expected to flow into the zones, says Kamal Nath
Single window clearance on Central, State matters
Provisions for service sector SEZs
No relaxation of labour laws
- The Metro-Monorail Debate (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Feb 10, 2006)
The Government of Tamil Nadu recently proposed a 300 km monorail system for Chennai. This is part of a larger 490 km network. The routes have been identified and the bid is now open. The successful bidder will design, develop, construct, own, . . .
- Us, India Democracy Plea To Nepal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The extremely low voter turnout for Nepal Municipal elections yesterday has led to India, as well as the United States of America, asking King Gyanendra to change his stance on talks with the Opposition political parties.
- Us May Invite India To Join New Global Plan On Nuclear Fuel (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The United States may invite India to join aplan under which American companies would sell nuclear fuel to foreign countries on the condition that it be returned later to the U.S. for reprocessing, officials said Friday.
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