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Articles 17821 through 17920 of 31829:
- Naked Fear-Mongering (Dawn, Eugene Robinson, Feb 02, 2006)
Once upon a time we had a great wartime president who told Americans they had nothing to fear but fear itself. Now we have George W. Bush, who uses fear as a tool of executive power and as a political weapon against his opponents.
- We Will Not Buckle Under Pressure: Manmohan (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 02, 2006)
``Enlightened national interest guides foreign policy; division of labour with Sonia Gandhi is working well''
- Iran Issue Should Be Resolved Within Iaea: Pm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Denies Delhi is under pressure to reach accord with the U.S. on separation of nuclear facilities
Government committed to independent foreign policy
Attempts on to find pragmatic, practical solution to Kashmir issue
- Kolkata: Iaf Called In To Help (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Feb 02, 2006)
Air services remain largely unaffected; strike near total, say unions
The services of the Indian Air Force were requisitioned to restore normality in air services from and to the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport here on Wednesday . . .
- Talks Are On For Poll Alliance, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
AIADMK starts issuing applications for party ticket to contest Assembly elections
Jayalalithaa disagrees with the view that Supreme Court has indicted her government for the stampede
Describes the arrival of refugees from Sri Lanka as "alarming"
- India, China New Competitors: Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
U.S. President George W Bush said with booming Asian nations such as India and China, America cannot afford to be ``complacent'' and needs to strengthen its competitiveness in the global economy. He also urged for training 70,000 maths and . . .
- Diplomats’ Trip Not To Pressure Iran: Russia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said today that the trip by Russian and Chinese diplomats to Tehran should not be seen as an attempt to pressure Iran over its nuclear programme.
- Russia, France Keen On N-Ties (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sent out a subtle message to the United States when he publicly stated, for the first time since the July 18 Indo-US nuclear agreement, that Russia and France were also keen on nuclear energy cooperation . . .
- Fuel On The Moon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2006)
A little science, a little moonshine
IF you thought looking for a fuel that would provide limitless energy and be pollution-free was asking for the moon, you are right.
- Hindus And Sikhs In Britain Seek Right To Open-Air Cremations (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Feb 02, 2006)
Hindus and Sikhs in Britain have sought the right to cremate their dead on funeral pyres at open-air ceremonies, a practice banned in the UK since 1930.
- West Picks A Losing Battle (Deccan Herald, Simon Jenkins, Feb 02, 2006)
Washington’s kneejerk belligerence ignores Iran’s influence and the need for engagement
- Find Right Remedy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 02, 2006)
Only the naïve and the ill-formed will be surprised by a report that lakhs of persons have applied for over 5000 Government posts advertised by the Service Selection Board (SSB).
- National Interest To Decide Vote On Iran Issue, Says Pm (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh categorically said today that India’s stand on the Iran nuclear issue at the Board of Governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna tomorrow will depend on the draft resolution and . . .
- Safety Of Iaf Planes (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Feb 02, 2006)
It is extremely heartening to know that accidents in the Indian Air Force are showing a downward trend and that 2005 has been the safest in 36 years with only 10 aircraft falling out of the sky.
- Save Wetlands! (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Feb 02, 2006)
February 2nd is celebrated as World Wetlands Day. India has a wide variety of inland and coastal wetland habitats. Look around in your own neighbourhood, and you are sure to spot a wetland or two-a lake or maybe a small pond!
- Absolute Poverty (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Feb 02, 2006)
India needs both the market and the state
The author is professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
- Viennese Woods (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2006)
Comrades love conspiracy theories. Spokesmen of the Indian left, over the last few months, have been vociferous in their criticism of the government of India’s decision to vote against Iran in the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting.
- Aiding And Abetting (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Feb 02, 2006)
It was without doubt a bizarre report. Tucked away in the inside pages of this paper, it claimed that Britain’s Department for International Development has come under fire for allegedly using nearly £27 million of taxpayers’ money to make redundancy ...
- Noose Tightening Around Bb (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Zardari have reportedly admitted the ownership of Rockwood Estate, Surrey (England) and other properties abroad before different courts.
- Us-India Stand-Off Over Iran Vote (Pakistan Observer, Rizwan Ghani, Feb 02, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister is in tough spot as America has openly asked for Indian vote for Iran’s referral to UNSC. Ms. Rice statement, “Asking India to make tough choice” in the matter is part of the diplomatic offensive amidst Bush’s resolve to . . .
- Kidnapping Of Us Journalist In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 02, 2006)
The fate of US journalist Jill Carroll, who has been abducted in Iraq, hangs in balance as her captors are setting deadlines for fulfilment of their demand for release of all Iraqi women prisoners detained either by the United States occupation army . . .
- Ahmadinejad Vows His Country Won’T Surrender (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President George W. Bush discussed Wednesday the standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said.
- Abdullah Hopes For Indo-Pak Peace (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Seeks just settlement of disputes between Islamabad, Delhi; Musharraf says terrorism poses danger to all faiths
- India Committed To ‘Friendliest Possible’ Ties With Pakistan (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 02, 2006)
* Manmohan Singh rules out negotiations on transfer of Indian territory
* Confirms having met JKLF leader
- Bush Vows To Rally World Against Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
* Says US must wean itself from Mideast oil
* Asks Hamas to recognise Israel
* Says US would defend Israel against Iran
- No Military Threat From India, Says Ispr: ‘Kashmiris Fighting For Freedom’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan, director-general of ISPR, revealed on Wednesday that the people who carried out suicide attacks on President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s motorcade in Rawalpindi in 2003 had used “the platform of the freedom struggle in Kashmir . . .
- India Desires ‘Pragmatic, Practical’ Solutions: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 02, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he wants to resolve all problems with Pakistan, including the Kashmir issue, with pragmatic and practical solutions but he had no mandate to seek transfer of territories if it came to that.
- Flights Delayed, Services Hit; It's Chaos At Airports (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Several flights were rescheduled, delayed and passenger services at major airports were affected following the indefinite nation-wide strike by thousands of employees of the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI).
- P-5 Agree On Iran Referral Resolution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
World powers agreed on Wednesday on a draft resolution asking the UN atomic watchdog to report Iran to the UN Security Council over nuclear work that could be weapons-related, according to a text obtained by AFP.
- P-5 Agrees On Referring Iran To Unsc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The United Nation Security Council's five permanent members have agreed on a resolution to ask the UN nuclear watchdog agency to report Iran to the top world body over its nuclear programme.
- Gas Guzzlers Anonymous (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 02, 2006)
George W. Bush’s annual State of the Union address on Tuesday was along expected lines, more of thinking aloud on a host of issues that could make or mar his second term and his place in history.
- France, Luxembourg Blast Steel Bid, Mittal Unbowed (Reuters, Marcel Michelson, Feb 02, 2006)
France and Luxembourg pledged to defend steelmaker Arcelor on Wednesday against a $24 billion bid by Mittal Steel, but the billionaire behind the deal vowed he would not be intimidated.
- India Leaves Options Open On Iran Nuclear Issue (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Feb 02, 2006)
India would keep an open mind over a likely vote to send Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.
- Bush Sets Terms For U.S. To Engage Hamas (Reuters, Steve Holland, Feb 02, 2006)
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that the United States could support a Hamas-led Palestinian government if it abandoned its goal of destroying Israel and disarmed.
- Rumsfeld Says U.S. Constrained In Information War (Reuters, WILL DUNHAM, Feb 02, 2006)
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday the Pentagon had not done a good job in the information war against enemies like al Qaeda, saying U.S. personnel felt constrained partly due to fear of criticism in the media.
- Us Denies Economic ‘Threat’ From India, China (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Top US officials on Wednesday painted a bleak picture of Europe’s job growth and put a premium on competing with India and China, but denied that either posed a "threat" to US economic interests.
- U.N. Watchdog Set To Send Iran To Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 02, 2006)
An international standoff over Iran's nuclear aims reaches a crossroads on Thursday when U.N. atomic overseers meet to consider reporting Tehran to the U.N. Security Council amid Iranian threats to hit back if they do so.
- Big Powers Close Ranks As Iran Stand-Off Continues (The Age, Michael Richardson, Feb 02, 2006)
The major powers handling the Iran crisis have reached an uneasy diplomatic compromise over suspicions that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
- Speed Up On Iran (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency's expected decision to refer Iran to the UN Security Council could be a ray of light in an otherwise dark saga whose potentially calamitous conclusion can hardly be exaggerated.
- Tough Talk From Tehran (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
It is another sign of the escalating crisis over Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions that the Islamic republic's foreign minister has warned of swift retaliation if, as expected, it is reported to the United Nations security council. Manouchehr . . . .
- Peace In Afghanistan Fragile, Says Annan: Islamabad Pledges $50m (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the joint initiative of the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and the United Nations for the ‘Afghanistan Compact’ development plan at the London Conference as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pointed out that recent attacks . . .
- 60 Nations Set 5-Year Goals To Aid Afghanistan (New York Times, ALAN COWELL, Feb 01, 2006)
The Bush administration pledged Tuesday to seek Congressional approval for a further $1.1 billion in aid to help rebuild Afghanistan next year, roughly the same amount sought for 2006.
- Institutional Excesses, Elite Deadlock (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 01, 2006)
A democratic constitutional arrangement is predicated on mutual respect among various institutions. We appear to be entering a phase where the assumption is the elected representatives cannot be trusted with the public interest.
- Control The Senses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
" Even if the vilest sinner worships Me with exclusive devotion, he should be accounted as a saint; for he has rightly resolved," says Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.
- The Varied Faces Of Political Islam (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 01, 2006)
In the absence of egalitarian secular alternatives, the masses in West Asia are turning to Islamist forces.
- Iran Issue For Security Council (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 01, 2006)
`Quartet' provides time till March
Iran suggests amendments to Russian proposal
Further talks to be held in Moscow
Russia, China against confrontation
- Brajesh Mishra Trashes India, U.S. Nuclear Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Says deal could compromise New Delhi's strategic interests
- Kalam: We Are For Total Disarmament (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 01, 2006)
President reiterates New Delhi's no-first-use policy
Terrorism required an integrated solution
Education should be based on value systems
- Stage Set For Spiritual Gala (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
A sprawling stage spread over 3.5 acres designed on the lines of Hampi architecture. A seating capacity of over 5,000 with a 3,800-member orchestra playing in the background and 25 lakh people training their eyes on the stage.
- The Forgotten Side Of The War On Terrorism (Daily Times, Fidel Ramos, Feb 01, 2006)
The global alliance to defeat terrorism must address all aspects of human security, including well-being of people, and safety in their homes, neighbourhoods, and workplaces. It must win people’s allegiance not only by isolating terrorists and extremists,
- Iran Issue: India's Stand Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2006)
Now that it is clear that the Iran nuclear issue will be referred to the UN Security Council, India's stance at the IAEA Board meeting on Thursday assumes importance. If, as seems likely, India toes the US line and sticks to the anti-Iran stand . . .
- Iaea To Report Iran To Unsc Tomorrow (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
* No action will be taken until March
* Iran says its referral will be ‘illegal’
* IAEA confirms Iran preparing for nuclear enrichment
- Teheran Threatens To Bar U.N. Inspections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Iran's nuclear negotiator says country will resume nuclear activities if referred to Security Council
- A Messy Compromise On Iran (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 01, 2006)
Reporting Teheran to the Security Council but deferring action till March will neither still Washington's appetite for confrontation nor make a diplomatic solution more likely.
- Climbing Mount Improbable (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 01, 2006)
In the world of sport, pigs can fly. When they take wing, so do our spirits.
- Kalam Favours Sharing Of Knowledge Among Countries (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
In an apparent support to the proposal of prestigious Indian business schools setting up shops abroad, President A P J Abdul Kalam today favoured sharing of knowledge among countries saying no single country could achieve knowledge in isolation.
- Poor Struggle In Shadows Of India's Richest City (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 01, 2006)
When authorities cleared the way for a multi-billion-dollar facelift of India's richest city last year, Mohammed Allahjan lost his home and then a daughter.
- Palestinians Alter Leadership (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 01, 2006)
Even though Hamas has hinted at change, the world sides with Israel in advising Palestine to renounce violence
- Musharraf Bugbear Of American Media (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf's latest mini-tirade against India comes against a backdrop of the worst US media criticism he has encountered since his military coup overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Respect For Others’ Laws Is Necessary (Deccan Herald, Felix G Rohatyn, Feb 01, 2006)
The US cannot afford to disregard Europe’s views on capital punishment
- Mulford Mania (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
Come on, Comrades, India may not be a banana republic but neither is it a thought police state
- Russia, China Too Want Iran Reported, Upa Tells Left We Need To Go With All (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
With Russia and China last night joining the other permanent members of the UN Security Council—the United States, Britain and France—to report Iran to the Security Council over its nuclear programme, the UPA government today told the Left parties . . .
- G8: Putin Defends Russia’S Role (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended Russia's role in the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised democracies, saying the club should not become a a forum for “fat cats”.
- India Keeps Options Open (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
The Indian government on Tuesday said it was keeping its options open on referring Iran's nuclear programme to the UN Security Council even as its Leftist allies renewed their demand for New Delhi to abstain from a vote at a crucial meeting on Thursday.
- Nepal Set For Anniversary Protests, Rebels Hit Army (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 01, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels launched an attack on army barracks ahead of anti-king protests on Wednesday called by political parties to mark the first anniversary of the monarch's assumption of absolute power.
- India Will Decide On Iran As A Sovereign Country: Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Observing that India will take a decision "as a sovereign country" on how it votes on the issue of referring Iran to the UN Security Council, the US has said it was closely engaged with New Delhi about shared concerns regarding Tehran's nuclear programme.
- Don’T Cut Aid: Hamas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
A top Hamas leader promised today that foreign aid would go only toward helping ordinary Palestinians — not to attacks on Israel — and said a Hamas government was ready to have its spending monitored.
- Kalam Backs Iims Going Overseas (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Even as HRD minister Arjun Singh has made public his displeasure at IIM-Bangalore setting up a campus here, President A P J Abdul Kalam says the government has no problem with these premier institutes setting up shop abroad.
- India, Usa Have Entered New Era: Mulford (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
US Ambassador David C. Mulford, who is at the centre of a controversy over his remarks on the nuclear deal with India, today said Washington and New Delhi had “entered a new era” and defence cooperation between them would help improve regional and . . .
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- Protecting The Shores (Tribune, Premvir Das, Feb 01, 2006)
In the nearly six decades that India has been an independent country, the focus of its security concerns has centred on safeguarding the sanctity of its land frontiers from external threats as well as from terrorist movements, aided and abetted . . .
- Need To Build More Ponds (Tribune, Sanjida O Connell, Feb 01, 2006)
Creating a pond in our garden was a fantastic way to impress the neighbours. Usually disapproving of our city ways, 70-year-old Albert’s eyes lit up when he caught his first glimpse of a broad-bodied chaser.
- Iran Issue To Be Referred To Security Council (Tribune, H S RAO, Feb 01, 2006)
Two days ahead of the crucial IAEA meeting to discuss Iran's controversial nuclear programme, key powers in a surprise move have agreed to refer the issue to the UN Security Council but decided to put off any action by the world body until March . . .
- Post-Poll Prospects In Palestine (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Earthquake: that was the commonest metaphor deployed by an evidently shaken international media in describing last week’s Hamas landslide in the occupied as well as the unilaterally abandoned Palestinian territories.
- Hamas At The Crossroads (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 01, 2006)
Belying the predictions of experts and the results of exit polls, the Hamas, formally known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, scored an overwhelming victory, garnering 76 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian legislature and bringing to an end the . . .
- A Global Event, Thanks To Globalisation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 01, 2006)
When Alan Greenspan steps down as chairman of the US Fed, that makes news around the world. This is tribute as much to globalisation as to the man himself, who played a major role in guiding the fortune of the world’s largest economy for 18½ years.
- Religious Tolerance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Have you noticed how every nation, every society and every individual often claim that tolerance of political, religious and social views of others is a cardinal feature of their culture?
- Women Power (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Feb 01, 2006)
Harshini Kanekar is like any other neighbourhood young girl. What makes her special, however, is that she is the first woman to have opted for and successfully selected to become a fire engineer. Harshini would be the first woman fireman . . .
- Pakistan Wants Diplomatic Solution To Iran N-Issue’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
“Pakistan wants a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue”, said Khurshid Mehmoud Kasuri, the foreign minister.
- Retailing Is No Rocket Science (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Feb 01, 2006)
Last Tuesday, the Cabinet announ-ced FDI liberalisations in a slew of sectors.
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