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Articles 18621 through 18720 of 31829:
- King Abdullah’S Visit To India — A Wake Up Call (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, Jan 20, 2006)
The Indians seem in a state of euphoria over the reported four-day visit of King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz to India, who agreed to be the chief guest at the Indian Republic Day parade on January 26. His visit would start on January 24 and . . .
- Towards Peace In West Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2006)
Sharon’s incapacitation gives India and other countries an opportunity to work for peace through the UN
- Chinese Change Of Policy Or Heart? (Rediff on the Net, Srikanth Kondapalli , Jan 20, 2006)
Behind the gruelling four sessions and about nine hours of discussions between Indian and Chinese interlocutors at Beijing last week, one (India) must be quietly satisfied with the turn of events in the last year or so.
- Left Turn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2006)
Michelle Bachelet is the first woman president of male-dominated Chile
- N-Blueprint Yet To Get Us Nod (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India’s civilian and military nuclear programme separation blueprint intended to implement the July 18 Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement has not fully met the expectations of the Bush Administration.
- A Web Witness To Iranian Brutality (Washington Post, Anne Applebaum, Jan 20, 2006)
Enter the Web site: http://www.abfiran.org/ . Click on "Omid: A Memorial," and then "Search." Enter a name -- or a religion, a nationality, an alleged crime. One by one, the stories will transfix you.
- Containing Tehran (Washington Post, David Ignatius, Jan 20, 2006)
How should the United States think about Iran? What explains the fanaticism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and what can America and its allies do to change it?
- A Visit Best Avoided (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2006)
Bush’s diminishing popularity and cultural boorishness have raised questions about the necessity of his visit
- Flies On The Wall (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2006)
They think monopoly means Jet plus Sahara. They think policy means aviation minus regulation
- The Challenge Of Curbing Child Marriage (Hindu, Poornima Advani , Jan 19, 2006)
A more comprehensive law and better enforcement are key to checking child marriage. Compulsory registration of all marriages will also help.
- Taliban Warns Of Suicide Bombers In The Hundreds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The government says the insurgents appear to be trying to frighten NATO members from their expansion and to unsettle aid donors due to meet in London at the end of the month to draw up a long-term plan.
- Eu3 Opens Door To Iran Sanctions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The resolution “requests the director general (El-Baradei) to continue with his efforts to implement the agency’s safeguards agreement with Iran...
- Anti-Globalisation Initiatives Multiply (Deccan Herald, Candido Grzybowski, Jan 19, 2006)
The WSF is now a point of reference for the world political landscape
Many, even within the anti-globalisation movement, have claimed that it is running out of steam, particularly its flagship event, the World Social Forum. Yet here we are, brimming
- Lost Art Of The Narrative (Hindu, Catherine Gander, Jan 19, 2006)
A short story is not a quick fix. It demands interpretation, as Ang Lee's western has shown.
- ‘‘With The Resources It Has, Us Is Still Quite Ignorant Of Other Cultures’’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2006)
This March, the illustrious Asia Society, headquartered in New York, will open its first India centre in Mumbai. On the same day, March 18, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will give the keynote address at its 16th Asian Corporate Conference in the city.
- Why Did Nasa Kill A Project? (Deccan Herald, Robert L Park, Jan 19, 2006)
The most important lesson from our exploration of the solar system is that the most terrible place on Earth is a Garden of Eden compared to the best place anywhere else.
- Wanted, A Second Revolution In Public Works (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Jan 19, 2006)
When I first travelled abroad in the early 90s, two things struck me as the airplane approached its First World destination by night. First, the sheer brilliance of the expanse below that made the city look like a huge galaxy of bright stars.
- Can Bernanke Prevent The Next Recession? (The Financial Express, ROBERT J SHILLER, Jan 19, 2006)
Ben Bernanke, the nominee to replace Alan Greenspan this month as chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board, is a highly capable economist who has devoted his professional life to understanding the historical role of central banks and . . .
- Iran Says Referral Chances Slim (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The chances of Iran being referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme are slim, Iranian foreign minister Mr Manouchehr Mottaki told state radio today.
- ‘Fluid’ Nepal Situation Has India Worried (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Jan 19, 2006)
India has expressed concern regarding situation in Nepal where Maoist violence against the government has increased and rallies by political parties have been banned.
- Iaea To Hold Emergency Iran Meeting On Feb 2 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting on Iran's nuclear work on Feb. 2 at the request of European Union powers, an IAEA spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Iran Scorns Eu Trio's Draft Nuclear Resolution (Reuters, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Jan 19, 2006)
EU powers began circulating a draft resolution on Wednesday for a Feb. 2 meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog asking it to report Iran to the Security Council, but Russia was seeking moves that stopped short of a formal referral.
- India's Tiger Count To Bring Bad News For Big Cat (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jan 19, 2006)
A nationwide count of tigers underway in India, home to the largest number of the big cats in the world, is expected to show a fall in their numbers, a top government official said on Wednesday.
- U.S. Aims To Set Aside India Reactor Controversy (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 19, 2006)
The Bush administration, confronting a potential threat to its 2005 nuclear deal with India, has signaled it will set aside concerns that New Delhi violated a previous agreement with the United States.
- Russia’S ‘Oil-For-Knowledge’ Scheme (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
In the strange new world of today, the modern and the pre-modern depend on each other. Thus, Russians trade oil for the products of knowledge. Imported technologies are cheap if you convert their prices into barrels of oil, so the country produces . . .
- A Cornered General Could Not Do Much (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 19, 2006)
President of Pakistan had to face a tough time on screen with a journalist from India. Reasons many. Saleem Kaloo reviews Musharraf’s interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN
- Together We Stand (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 19, 2006)
The mass organizations that make for the CPI(M)’s strength are also becoming a major problem for it, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Merkel For Balanced Ties With U.S., Russia (Hindu, BATUK GATHANI, Jan 19, 2006)
The intensive round of talks that German Chancellor Angela Merkel held with Russian President Valdimir Putin earlier this week has evoked much academic and business interest in European Union capitals.
- The Tiger Deserves Better (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2006)
The announcement that a 13-member National Tiger Conservation Authority with the Union Minister for Environment and Forests as its head will be formed to protect India's national animal is a step forward, but only a feeble one given the nature and . . .
- ‘India A Partial Bright Spot For Human Rights In South Asia’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Human Rights Watch(HRW) sees India as a bright spot in its generally bleak assessment of the human rights situation in South Asia.
- 100 Terminals To Be Commissioned Through Edusat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Department of Science and Technology of the Union Government, which currently has around 20 terminals being commissioned through EDUSAT under Vigyan Prasar network, will augment this facility to around 100 terminals across the country soon.
- Stone Laid For Villivakkam Vehicular Subway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Railways, Corporation will share the cost of the project
The Union Minister of State for Railways, R. Velu, on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a vehicular subway at Villivakkam Railway Yard (West). The subway will replace a manned level crossing.
- Civilised Way Out Of Iran-Iaea Deadlock (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Charter of the United Nations offer the most civilised course of action to resolving the controversy regarding Iranian compliance with its obligations as a non-nuclear state party to the Non-Prolif
- Government-Opposition Seek Regret (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 19, 2006)
Bajaur attack dominated proceedings of the National Assembly on Tuesday with speakers both from the Treasury and the Opposition condemning the incident and seeking apology from the United States.
- Stillborn Solace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 19, 2006)
Regulations won’t reform
There should be no great surprise over the icy response from schools across the country to the UPA government’s highly-hyped proposal to provide free education to the single girl child.
- Us Court Upholds Assisted Suicide Law (Tribune, Charles Lane, Jan 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s law on physician-assisted suicide on Tuesday, ruling that the Justice Department may not punish doctors who help terminally ill patients end their lives.
- Make The Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal More Transparent (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 19, 2006)
If the civil-military separation plan is good enough to share with a foreign power, it is certainly good enough to share with the Indian public.
- U.S. Document Slams Iraq Situation (Hindu, Julian Borger , Jan 19, 2006)
Widespread lawlessness is curtailing civil liberties, says the paper
An official document issued by the U.S. foreign aid agency depicts the security situation in Iraq as dire, with constant militant attacks ``significantly damaging'' . . .
- Killing Made Easy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 19, 2006)
With pitifully little notice paid, another rash of year-end homicide statistics points up the madness of America’s fascination with handguns.
- New Delhi Told Balochistan Our Internal Matter: Fo (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Meanwhile talking to a private television channel, Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson Ms Tasneem Aslam has said that Pakistan made it clear upon India that Balochistan was the internal matter of Pakistan and Islamabad will not discuss the . . .
- Seismic Factor Goes Against Kalabagh (Dawn, Fatehyab Ali Khan, Jan 19, 2006)
This article is not a comment on issues pertaining to the rights of riparians and the political and social repercussions of the construction of dams. The main aim of this endeavour is to highlight the technical, . . .
- Indian-American Scholar Given Key State Department Assignment (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 19, 2006)
A leading Indian-American academic has been co-opted by a senior State Department official to advise him on India for the next two months.
- India Must Address Issues To Fulfil Global Ambitions (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 19, 2006)
India still needs to address numerous political and economic challenges to fulfil its global ambitions, according to a new study.
- Eu3 Draft Opens Door To Un Sanctions On Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
France, Britain and Germany began circulating a draft resolution on Wednesday that asks the UN nuclear watchdog to report Iran’s nuclear programme to the Security Council, opening the door to possible UN sanctions.
- Us Upbeat On India N-Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The United States is confident of reaching a deal with India on nuclear cooperation even though differences remain over plans to separate India’s civil and military programmes, a top US official said on Wednesday.
- Us Must Facilitate Kashmir, Palestine Solutions: Pm (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan and the United States have evolved a transformed relationship and there is a strategic convergence between the two countries on regional and international objectives.
- Efforts For Un Referral Will Fail: Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Iran said on Wednesday that it was confident US-European efforts to refer it to the UN Security Council would fail amid reluctance from Russia, China and Arab countries to take the step.
- Balochistan: Yes, Nation Shouldn’T Be Hostage (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 19, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that only paramilitary forces are engaged in dealing with the miscreants in Balochistan, indulging in sabotage and terrorist acts at the behest of some Sardars
- Preventing Power Losses (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 19, 2006)
Talk to a Japanese official and he invariably comes up with a reply that Pakistan is potentially a very rich country with large natural resources, unlike Japan with its narrow strip of hilly land. All we have to do, he says, is to develop those . . .
- Welcome Visitors (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Jan 19, 2006)
The Election Commission of India’s team of 19 observers, including the indomitable Mr KJ Rao, have fanned out to as many districts with the express aim of “flushing out all bogus voters from the electoral rolls”.
- Protection Of Forests (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Jan 19, 2006)
Like varieties of culture, custom and creed, India is vested with a variety of forests extending from the Himalayas to Kanya Kumari in North South and from Assam to the desert of Rajasthan in the East-West. These forests occur in different . . .
- High Cost Health Holds World In Bind (Daily Excelsior, Suraj Saraf, Jan 19, 2006)
High cost of health is dogging the whole world not sparing even the developed nations. Conditions in India are among the worst as revealed in recent studies. With an increasing realisation that health is a crucial asset in the economic development, . . .
- The Illusive Us Arms Bazaar (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 19, 2006)
Two roadblocks await the forward move in the Indo-US bilateral relations early in 2006.
- Burns In India To Discuss N-Deal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Less than a week after a meeting of the Indo-US ‘Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group’ here, U S Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns today said implementing the deal of nuclear cooperation between the two countries is . . .
- Lessons In The Pipeline (Telegraph, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Jan 19, 2006)
The author is a former ambassador and is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi
- Terrorists Would Be Targetted "Wherever They Are": Us (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 19, 2006)
The Bush administration remained silent on details of the botched missile attack in Pakistani tribal region purpotedly targetting al-Qaeda number 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri which killed 18 villagers, but said the US would continue to pursue terrorists . . .
- Pakistan Names 3 Al Qaeda Believed Killed In Strike (Reuters, Simon Cameron, Jan 19, 2006)
Pakistani intelligence sources on Thursday identified three of four al Qaeda members believed to have been killed by a U.S. airstrike last week, though they have yet to recover the bodies.
- Wipro Q3 Profit Jumps 24 Pct, Beats Forecasts (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jan 19, 2006)
Wipro Ltd., India's third-largest software exporter, reported a better-than-expected 24 percent jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday, despite pay rises and fewer billing hours, as outsourcing volumes grew.
- U.S. Upbeat On India Nuclear Deal Despite Problems (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The United States is confident of reaching a deal with India on nuclear cooperation even though differences remain over plans to separate India's civil and military programmes, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.
- India, Pakistan Agree On Peace, Differ On Process (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 19, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Wednesday made a fresh commitment to push forward a fragile peace process but the nuclear-armed neighbours reiterated their differences over ways to end nearly 60 years of enmity.
- Russia Proposes Delay In Un Action On Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Russia has proposed a delay in confronting Iran at the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, European Union diplomat Javier Solana has said.
- Defusing Iran With Democracy (Los Angeles Times, Shirin Ebadi, Jan 19, 2006)
Lost in the international fury over Iran's partial restart of its nuclear energy program, and the deplorable statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regarding Israel, has been the fact that respect for human rights and a democratic political . . . .
- Singh To Visit Pakistan At ‘Appropriate Time’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said he would be visiting Pakistan certainly but at an appropriate time.
- Space A Battlefield (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Jan 18, 2006)
Despite high costs and danger involved, the US is still determined to go ahead with space weaponisation
- Indian History Frays Tempers In Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The controversy regarding textbooks on Indian history is raging in California with academicians alleging that changes made at the behest of Hindu organisations have resulted in hiding “true history.”
- Can Do Without Chaotic Decision-Making (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jan 18, 2006)
The Red Queen advised Alice: ‘If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.’
- Gang Wars (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jan 18, 2006)
Is history repeating itself as farce? In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency.
- Israel Will Not Allow Iran To Obtain Wmds: Olmert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Iran on Tuesday that Israel would not let anyone who threatened its existence obtain weapons of mass destruction as officials headed to Moscow for talks over Tehran's nuclear programme.
- Cheaper Servers In India By June (Hindustan Times, Shailesh Shekhar, Jan 18, 2006)
The Government is working on a plan to create speedier and cheaper servers to host websites and also create an Indian language translation browser.
- Cm Takes Bmp To Task (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh donned the role of a hard taskmaster on Tuesday, unleashing his fury at the “erring” Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) for not meeting the deadlines for road improvement.....
- Indo-Pak Dialogue Resumes Amid Negative Publicity (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 18, 2006)
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, Messrs Shyam Saran and Riaz Muhammad Khan, met on Tuesday to start the third round of the so-called composite dialogue after days of bilateral “misgivings” about each other’s real intent.
- Madrassa Reform In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Madrassas cater to only a relatively small proportion of Muslim children. The temptation to present madrassa education as the preferred alternative to general schooling for Muslim children must be guarded against.
- 'Indian And Pakistani Punjabs Can Help Agriculture Together’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
* Agriculture universities of Faisalabad and Ludhiana to sign MoU
* Cheque for Rs 0.3m for earthquake victims
- What Lies Beneath The Economy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jan 18, 2006)
Every economic activity in the informal sector does not always result in tax evasion. Thus, while tax evasion may be evil, all unreported incomes and assets cannot be tarred with the same brush. says T. C. A. Ramanujam.
- Iran’S Growing N-Crisis (Dawn, Najmuddin A, Shaikh, Jan 18, 2006)
Earlier this month the Iranians, in the presence of IAEA inspectors, broke the seals on some of the equipment in the Natanz facility to recommence what they said was research activity on the nuclear fuel cycle.
- Spirit Of Sacrifice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
A friend, who is a devout Muslim otherwise, has made a bizarre comment on the ritual of sacrifice performed on the Eid-ul-Azha. He says, “I think the poor goats, sheep and other animals give their lives on Eid day for nothing.
- 100 Days After The Quake (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
One hopes that after visiting the quake-hit areas and seeing firsthand the extensive damage and human misery prevalent there, former US president and UN Special Envoy for Pakistan Earthquake Relief, Mr George Bush, will press the international . . .
- The Afghan Mess (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Imagine a 15-year-old blowing himself up for a cause he had no idea of. He was one of the two suicide bombers whose attacks in Kandahar and Spin Boldak on Monday killed 26 people in what was one of the worst days for Afghanistan in terms of death
- No Nukes, But No War Either (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
In the short term, the worst-case scenario in the context of nuclear brinkmanship between Iran and the West could unfold thus. The war of words between the two sides escalates.
- Russian-Made Missile Brought Down Us Chopper In Iraq: Report (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
A Russian-made surface-to-air missile launched by anti-American insurgents brought down a US military helicopter that crashed in Iraq on Monday, US Media reported Tuesday, citing unnamed Pentagon officials.
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