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Articles 18821 through 18920 of 31829:
- Neither Enlightened, Nor Moderate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 16, 2006)
One doesn’t hear the phrase ‘enlightened moderation’ as much as one did a couple of years ago except, of course, in a negative sense.
- Al-Qaeda Forms Body To Coordinate Fight Against Us, Allies (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Al-Qaeda in Iraq and some other militant groups have set up an umbrella body to coordinate their fight against US-led forces and the Iraqi government, according to a Web statement posted on Sunday.
- Al Qaeda Sets Up Insurgent Umbrella Body In Iraq: Report (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Al Qaeda in Iraq and some other militant groups have set up an umbrella body to coordinate their fight against U.S.-led forces and the Iraqi government, according to a Web statement posted on Sunday.
- Sebi: A Watchdog Trying To Regain Its Bite (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 16, 2006)
As chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in 1992, GV Ramakrishna had managed to turn the organisation into a feared watchdog, even without its statutory teeth.
- Assertive Indian Writers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 16, 2006)
Indian novelist Arundhati Roy has turned down a national award from India’s Academy of Letters because of her opposition to the government policies. The novelist sent the institution a one page fax expressing her inability to accept the award . . .
- Nuclear Energy: A National Imperative (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan has reportedly decided to seek civil nuclear cooperation from the United States for installation of three to four nuclear power plants, each with 1000 MW capacity to meet its impending energy crisis in the coming years.
- Us Must Express Regret (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the United States over the rocket attack in Bajaur Agency killing eighteen innocent civilians including women and children last Friday. US envoy in Islamabad was summoned to the Foreign Office and was handed over
- After Sharon, Which Deluge? (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Jan 16, 2006)
When German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann suffered a fatal heart attack in 1929, part of his legacy was a historical riddle: Was he the one man who might have prevented the collapse of the Weimar Republic and preserved peace in Europe?
- Pm Wishes Musharraf Well, But Says “I Cannot Change Borders” (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has always been effusive and warm whenever I have discussed with him India-Pakistan relations. I have found him this time a bit distressed and disappointed. He is not as optimistic as before because he says he does not . . .
- Library Science In India: Vision For 2010 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Dr. Abdul Majid Baba sums up the proceedings of the 25th All India Conference of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) hosted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras from 16th to 29th December 2005 at Chennai
- Biocrops Growing Worldwide (Tribune, Justin Gillis, Jan 16, 2006)
Since genetically modified crops were first planted a decade ago, the acreage devoted to them worldwide has been growing at double-digit rates, and it did so again last year, jumping 11 percent to 222 million acres, according to a new report.
- Gypsy Song Of Wine (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Baljit Singh (retd), Jan 16, 2006)
Ina nation which is not overtly fond of reading for pleasure and relaxation, it was surprising that among the first few public amenities that came up in Chandigarh was the State Library! Opened in 1956, it was temporarily housed in a government . . .
- Cbi To Reopen Cases Against Sajjan Kumar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the trial court here to reopen the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases against Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, seeking original documents of the cases, which were closed without even . . .
- A Big Loss To India: Goh Chok Tong (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Centre's refusal of permission to Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore termed unfortunate
- Tigers Condemn Attack On Truce Monitors (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels on Sunday condemned a bomb attack against Scandinavian truce monitors amid fears of more bloodshed ahead of high-level diplomatic visits seeking to pull Sri Lanka back from the brink of war.
- Travelling From Beauty To Beauty (Greater Kashmir, R. K. BHARATII, Jan 16, 2006)
Here you see the paradise on earth in light of ancient memoirs, records and travelogues, reviews
R. K. BHARATII
- Exam System Or System Failure? - I (Greater Kashmir, MAJID MAQBOOL BHAT, Jan 16, 2006)
Let’s not measure success with marks sheets, there is a world beyond that, writes
MAJID MAQBOOL
- India To Hold Bilaterals With Key Players On Wto: Nath (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
India today said it would play a pro-active role to push the WTO talks, by holding a series of bilatral meetings with key players in the next few months to try and complete Doha Round of trade negotiations by 2006 end.
- Just Research (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 16, 2006)
The recent decision by Iran to re-start experiments at the uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz will further accentuate Iran’s confrontation with the United States of America.
- Smooth Landing For Nasa Space Capsule Carrying Comet Dust (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
A space capsule loaded with comet dust completed a 2.9 billion-mile journey on Sunday, landing safely in the Utah desert, to the relief of NASA scientists who have waited seven years for the return of particles they hope will give them clues about the ori
- Tap Gas Line: Islamabad, Kabul To Discuss Pipeline Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold minister-level talks in Islamabad today (Monday) on the multibillion dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) gas pipeline project.
- India, Iran And The Nuclear Challenge (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 16, 2006)
Siding again with the U.S. and its allies in their illegal pressure on Iran will weaken India's hand on the civil nuclear cooperation and energy fronts.
- Iran Wants Diplomacy Not Threats In Nuclear Impasse (Reuters, Parinoosh Arami, Jan 16, 2006)
Iran said on Sunday that only diplomacy, not threats to refer it to the U.N. Security Council, could defuse a standoff over its nuclear work and warned any Western push for sanctions could force up world oil prices.
- Honorary Doctoral Degrees Conferred (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Cochin University honours ISRO's Madhavan Nair, Infosys' Narayanamurthy
- Kerry Signals Change Needed For Pakistan Nuclear Deal (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Jan 16, 2006)
U.S. Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry said on Saturday that Pakistan ought eventually to have the same access as rival India to civilian nuclear technology, but indicated changes were needed first.
- Super Cop Policing The Universe (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Jan 16, 2006)
The more the things change, the more they remain the same. The US hegemony in a unipolar world continues to enshrine a vision of an American century, its self-styled supremacy, contemplated by post-World War II America.
- Pakistan Protests U.S. Missile Attack (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 16, 2006)
In a rare display of anger Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the U.S. Ambassador to the country, Ryan C. Crocker and lodged a "strong protest" against the reported missile attack by American spy planes in a village in the . . .
- Pakistan Should Move Towards Democracy, Says John Kerry (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 16, 2006)
To have a United States-India like civilian nuclear cooperation deal
Pakistan and U.S. should explore common ground for cooperation
Supports deal between India and U.S.
- Challenges Before The Finance Minister (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 16, 2006)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's success as a Budget-maker will be tested by his resoluteness in resisting the temptation to offer too many goodies.
- Us Diplomat To Visit South Asia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A senior US diplomat travels to South Asia next week for talks aimed at firming a civilian nuclear deal with India, setting Pakistan on the road to democracy, and halting rising violence in Sri Lanka.
- If Jinnah Were To Return (Daily Times, Ahmad Faruqui, Jan 15, 2006)
Jinnah might conclude that Pakistan had failed not because the leaders who followed him were weak, but because there were weaknesses in the original design.
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Could Hurt Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A landmark US-India nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India’s reluctance to refer Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council and open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, US officials and experts said on Friday.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Still Has Long Way To Go (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 15, 2006)
The US-India nuclear cooperation agreement in July 2005 had been signed in a hurry without working out the details and was unlikely to be finalised any time soon, a noted defence and strategy expert told a meeting on Friday.
- Iran Says Not Scared Of Un Security Council (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Iran said Sunday it was "not scared" of being hauled before the UN Security Council and vowed to press on with its disputed nuclear programme regardless of mounting international pressure.
- Tourism Can Destroy Archaeological Sites (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 15, 2006)
American archaeologist John M Fritz and Australian architect George Michell, co-directors of the Vijayanagara Research Project, spent 22 years extensively documenting the core area of the Vijayanagara site. Mapping in detail more than 25 sq km . . .
- Un Resolutions On Kashmir Not Viable: Militant Groups (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Ahead of commencement of third round of Composite Dialogue between India and Pakistan, a conglomerate of Pakistan-based militant groups has reportedly decided to give up its demand for implementation of UN resolutions for settling the Kashmir issue, ....
- Violation Of Pak Sovereignty (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 15, 2006)
A US air strike inside Pakistan territory early Friday morning left at least 18 people martyred. According to reports carried by the American media, US predator drones fired about ten missiles at village Damadola in Bajaur Agency at the instance . . .
- 30 Feared Killed In Nepal (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 15, 2006)
After 12 days of uneasy calm following the expiry of the Maoists’ four-month unilateral ceasefire, fresh violence on Saturday engulfed three districts, including...
- Un Referral Will Not End Nuke Plans: Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Iran will not be deflected from its right to develop nuclear technology by referral to the UN Security Council for sanctions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
- All For One And One For One (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
The author shows with the help of figures that US consumption poses a threat to the rest of the world.
- Umrao Jan: Poet And Courtesan (Deccan Herald, S Nanda Kumar , Jan 15, 2006)
The book offers a glimpse into the world of the courtesan, a sort of parallel one that went side-by-side with the Great Indian Uprising of 1857.
- Foreign’ Plan To Kidnap Manmohan Revealed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A “foreign power” hatched a plan to have the now Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh kidnapped 12 years ago.
- Tackling The Cold Wave (Tribune, Dr J.S. Sharma, Jan 15, 2006)
In north India, when the minimum temperature drops three to four degree centigrade below the long term (normal) average, cold wave conditions set in. Excessive drop in the temperature, frost and snowfall has significant effects on crops, vegetables, ....
- Kerry Backs Pak Quest For Civil N-Tech (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry has said his country and Pakistan could explore common grounds for cooperation in civil nuclear technology on the pattern of US-India agreement.
- Nuke Sanctions May Raise Oil Price: Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Any sanctions imposed on Iran because of its disputed nuclear program could drive up world oil prices, Economy Minister Davoud Danesh-Jafari told state radio on Sunday.
- Cooperative Movement & Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Vikrant Dogra, Jan 15, 2006)
The evolution of co-operative in the world can be traced from time immemorial, beginning from the day individual first joined hands for the advancement of common pursuits in life.
- India, Us Sign Mou For Consumer Product Safety (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
India and the United States signed an MoU for establishing institutional cooperation between its consumer product units.
- 39 Of 44 Indians Killed In Haj Stampede Identified (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 14, 2006)
Thirty nine of the 44 Indians killed in the stampede during the symbolic stoning ritual on the final day of the Haj on Thursday in the Saudi holy city of Mina, have been identified.
- Iran, Indo-Us Nuke Deal To Be Discussed During Burns' Visit (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 14, 2006)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement and Iranian nuclear issue will dominate the agenda of talks Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, will have with the Indian leadership during his visit to the country next week.
- Avoidable Tragedy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2006)
Improved safety measures for Haj pilgrims have failed to prevent death and stampedes once again during the Haj in Saudi Arabia.
- Wages Of The Us Fiasco (Deccan Herald, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
The US occupation of Iraq has turned its neighbour into a regional power. But the contagion is likely to spread.
- Human Hurricanes (Deccan Herald, Avinash S Vaz, Jan 14, 2006)
There aren’t many differences between catastrophes and inexplicable mishaps.
- Deconstructing The Mahamantra (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 14, 2006)
Some weeks ago, I asked readers to enlighten me on the exact connotation of the word swaha which appears at the end of many mantras including the opening line of the Gayatri Mantra- “Om bhur bhuwa swaha”.
- Big Brother Is Listening (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
It may be some consolation to Amar Singh to know that, as Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad explains, phone tapping is hard to prevent in India even if you have the right technology.
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Could Hurt U.S.-India Atomic Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 14, 2006)
A landmark U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India's reluctance to refer Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council and to open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, U.S. officials and experts said on Friday.
- Un Resolutions On Kashmir Not Viable: Terror Groups (Hindustan Times, PTI, Jan 14, 2006)
Ahead of commencement of third round of Composite Dialogue between India and Pakistan,
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
The CPI(M) obviously enjoyed the BJP’s national executive meeting in Mumbai when leaders competed to be named after heroes from the Ramayana.
- Haj Stampede: 39 Indians Among Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
There could be more casualties among Indians who were not pilgrims but working at various Saudi agencies, he told PTI over phone from Mina today, adding that their details were yet to be asceratained.
- Iran Threatens To End N-Cooperation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Iran threatened on Friday to end surprise inspections and other cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog if it was referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, and the president vowed his country wouldn’t be intimidated by sanctions.
- Aiyar: India Fully Committed To Pipeline Project (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 14, 2006)
Firmly denying media reports that New Delhi had decided to withdraw from the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said the country was "fully committed" to the venture
- The Blood Of Innocents (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 14, 2006)
Piggeries occupied the part of Singapore where we used to live until a stroke of the executive pen banished pigs and pig farmers to another island to make way for a blissful estate of neat bungalows in their own gardens.
- Govt To Invite Bids For 5 Power Projects In Jan (Reuters, Madhu Soman, Jan 14, 2006)
The government will invite expressions of interest from foreign and domestic companies by Jan. 31 for five big thermal power projects to help meet demand for electricity that is outstripping supply.
- Al-Qaeda Claims To Have Killed 10 Us Soldiers In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Interview - Actavis Eyes Generic Drug Deals In Europe, India (Reuters, Lewis Krauskopf, Jan 14, 2006)
The head of a little-known but fast-growing Icelandic generic drugmaker on Friday said he was turning his acquisitive eye toward southern Europe and India after spending $1.4 billion last year to boost market share in the United States.
- Snails For Money (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
MONEY is not only the root of all evil — it is the root of everything. Despite what you may have read in the comic strips, the first money early homo sapiens used wasn’t clams, but snails.
- Army Presence To Continue In J&k: Gen Jj Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Ruling out the demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir as suggested by Pak President Pervez Musharraf, Army chief General JJ Singh today said continued presence of terrorist- infrastructure across the Line of Control necessitated troop- presence in the...
- While Congress Slept (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
THE performance of US Congress during much of the Bush administration has been, to put it kindly, undistinguished.
- Sri Lanka Mine Blast Kills Two Navy Sailors (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Us-Afghan Troops Kill Six Militants (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Interview - Actavis Eyes Generic Drug Deals In Europe, India (Reuters, Lewis Krauskopf, Jan 14, 2006)
The head of a little-known but fast-growing Icelandic generic drugmaker on Friday said he was turning his acquisitive eye toward southern Europe and India after spending $1.4 billion last year to boost market share in the United States.
- Rendition For Dawood Ibrahim? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jan 14, 2006)
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. Why then, given New Delhi's obvious desire to ingratiate itself with Washington, can't the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government take a cue from the Bush
- Europe Still The Odd One Out (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
IF the past year were judged by headlines alone it looks like a bit of an economic disaster.
- Militancy In The Mid-East (Dawn, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
IN March 2003, before US troops reached Baghdad, Middle East scholar Volker Perthes wrote that while the risks of this “illegitimate” war were enormous, those of “a US failure to stabilize post-war Iraq would be even higher”.
- India Promises Key Concession On Us N-Deal: Kerry (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
US Senator John Kerry has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will sign a proposed nuclear Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty thus effectively capping New Delhi’s nuclear programme as part of its bargain to get civilian nuclear aid from Washing
- Delhi May Not Take Part In Pipeline Project (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
India may not participate in the joint building of a seven-billion-dollar gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan, fearing a hostile reaction from the United States, a report said on Friday.
- Will The Taxman Read First Chapter In History Of Medicine? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2006)
THIS story is on saffron confusion. Not what a political party may chronically be suffering from, but about what brought Khosala Kesharwala (KK) to Bombay High Court recently.
- Value Opportunities Lie At The Edges (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2006)
Companies that "find themselves walking a fine line between significant value creation and commensurate value destruction"
- After Sharon What? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
EVEN if he gets out of his current health crisis, it is highly unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be able to resume his work.
- Slogans As Ideas (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
If people in the United States are being persuaded to learn Hindi it is only because there is eventually realisation that India is a country of ideas.
- Demilitarised General (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 14, 2006)
Our dear General is at it again. The whole world so respects him, so trusts him, so very much accepts him as a man of his word... and yet it is only India that refuses to accept his word
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