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Articles 19721 through 19820 of 31829:
- No Military Action In Balochistan: Sherpao (News International, Asim Yasin, Dec 28, 2005)
Minister informs Senate paramilitary forces active against miscreants; assures govt to take all steps to protect lives, properties of people
- It’S Good Of Shahbaz Sharif (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 28, 2005)
Former Punjab Chief Minister and PML(N) leader Shahbaz Sharif has said that he supports Kalabagh Dam, because water reservoirs is imperative need of the country. In a telephonic address to a gathering of PML(N) USA chapter in New Jersey, . . .
- Night Watchman Carries The Bat At Hong Kong (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 28, 2005)
The much-awaited World Trade Organisation's Hong Kong Ministerial, as part of the Doha Development Round, has come and gone. And what has been the outcome? Did the developing countries get anything out of it? There is much debate on what the . . .
- Arms Sales To Pakistan, India In 2006: Rivalry Could Put Us ‘On The Hook’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The Bush administration is manoeuvring to balance possible big new US arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the New Year.
- 3rd Round Of Composite Talks On Jan 17: Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 27, 2005)
The Foreign Office announced on Monday that foreign secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India, marking the beginning of the third round of the composite dialogue process, would be held in New Delhi on January 17-18.
- Changing Scenario In Far-East (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 27, 2005)
Japan has decided to develop, in collaboration with the United States, next generation missile shield arguing that it will help the country secure a capability to deal with the future threat of ballistic missiles in the current global environment.
- Indian Politicians Learn Fast From Western Nations - Mps Move Into Caution Mode, Shun Unknown Visitors (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 27, 2005)
You can be stung once and the next time you are careful. Indian politicians are learning fast from Western nations how to maintain ‘corruption mode’ without getting caught red handed like the one that happened recently.
- One Year On, Tsunami Trauma Still Lingers (Deccan Herald, Banda Aceh, Dec 27, 2005)
Tearful mourners from around the world gathered on Monday to light candles and offer prayers on the anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters ever.
- 'Self-Respect Should Be Known Through Language' (Times of India, Sowmya Aji Mehu, Dec 27, 2005)
At the risk of being called a chauvinist, award-winning Kannada author U R Ananthamurthy has supported the demand to rename Bangalore as Bengaluru. A former professor of English language and literature, Ananthamurthy tells Sowmya Aji Mehu that . . .
- Hong Kong’S Shaky Outcome (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 27, 2005)
The Doha round of negotiations had an inauspicious beginning. The first attempt to begin the dialogue in 1991 ran into stiff resistance setup by a variety of non-governmental groups.
- One Year On: World Recalls The Fury Of Tsunami (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The world on Monday remembered the fury of the Indian Ocean tsunami that swept away at least 216,000 people in 12 countries one year ago.
- Denying Democratic Right To Hamas (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 27, 2005)
There is a fundamental contradiction at the heart of the western project of bringing democracy to Arab-Islamic societies.
- A Year After The Tsunami (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
One year after the tsunami, it is difficult to say whether the world has learnt its lessons.
- Intelligence Abuse Deja Vu (Dawn, Gary Hart, Dec 27, 2005)
Three weeks after I took the oath of office in the Senate in 1975, the then majority leader Mike Mansfield appointed me to a newly created committee — the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities, . . .
- Come December (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Dec 27, 2005)
Like migrating birds they come in December and many stay till January and you immediately remember what George Mikes said so many years ago in his essay, ‘How to Avoid Travelling’: if your purpose of travelling is meeting friends, stay home in London ....
- A Tsunami Of Emotions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight marches, prayers and floral tributes on Monday marked the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster as tearful memories of the thousands who met with watery deaths flooded back along the shores of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands . . .
- Budhadeb Mark Ii (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 27, 2005)
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Budhadeb Bhattacharya, seems to have emerged as an anti-Marxist leader and yet manages to remain in the CPM. The latest expression of his anti-Marxist ideas could be noticed at a seminar conducted by the CPM . . .
- Prayers, Silence Across Indian Ocean (Indian Express, Tomi Soetjipto, Dec 27, 2005)
Mourners from across the world wept, prayed and observed moments of silence along ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines on Monday to remember those killed by one of nature’s deadliest episodes.
- Us India Relation To Reach New Heights As America Eyes India As A Hedge Against China (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 27, 2005)
It started with a nuke deal and is moving towards a major arms deal. India and America is moving towards a new level of bilateral relations as Bush prepares for a visit to new Delhi in early 2006.
- India, Iran To Discuss Gas Pipeline On Dec 28-29 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
India and Iran will hold bilateral talks this week in New Delhi to discuss the progress of a proposed $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline and a separate liquefied natural gas deal between the two nations
- War Fears Overshadow Sri Lanka Tsunami Anniversary (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 27, 2005)
A year after the tsunami swept away his house, building materials for fisherman R. Alagodurai's new home have finally arrived. But he fears escalating violence could reignite Sri Lanka's two-decade civil war and he might never live there.
- Asia Remembers Tsunami Disaster With Prayer, Silence (Reuters, Tomi Soetjipto, Dec 27, 2005)
Mourners from across the world wept, prayed and observed moments of silence along ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines on Monday to remember those killed by one of nature's deadliest disasters.
- Chinese Invasion (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 27, 2005)
Even an occasional consumer in any market will notice as if every item on display has been brought from China.
- Government Seems To Be Intent On Tripping Itself, Says Bardhan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Govt.'s `fascination for everything foreign' questioned
The Communist Party of India on Monday re-emphasised its concern over the direction of the Manmohan Singh Government while standing by the commitment to support the United Progressive Alliance ....
- Jubilee Jingle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 27, 2005)
As the coordination committee of state employees tightens its fist in celebration of its 50th anniversary on Wednesday, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has of late been singing a jubilee jingle that chimes oddly with his image of an investor-friendly and ....
- In Fields Of Forbidden Fruits (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Extracts from the World Drug Report 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime
- North By North-West (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 27, 2005)
Shyam Saran’s ‘frank’ talk with the Nepal’s King Gyanendra may constitute a turning point in Indo-Nepal relations, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Investing In Strength (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Dec 27, 2005)
Jagmohan Dalmia played a characteristically clever game to retain power, but Sharad Pawar proved cleverer. Pawar certainly brought in a new broom; he swept out almost everyone who was a part of the Dalmia regime, and took the headquarters away . . .
- Dilemma Of Dealing With A Recalcitrant Monarch (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Dec 27, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) to visit India, a move that conveys Delhi's willingness to Kathmandu to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after . . .
- Needed, A Fair Deal For Patent Seekers (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Dec 27, 2005)
To Handle the situation arising out of a possible outbreak of Bird Flu, a number of pharmaceutical companies are gearing up to produce Oseltamivir, the drug that can effectively tackle this menace. They will have to meet two important regulatory . . .
- Re-Designing India's Manufacturing (Business Line, V. Sumantran , Dec 27, 2005)
As consumers across product segments favour more variety — just look at the profusion of mobile phone models — India's manufacturing sector will have to make a paradigm shift in its approach. Exploiting its large pool of IT resources, . . .
- Economic Issues To Dominate Rajapakse's Agenda (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 27, 2005)
Agreement on hospital for plantation workers likely
Support likely for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
India offers to work on Colombo-Galle-Matara railway project
Increased assistance for human resource development
- Hard Landing (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 27, 2005)
It was a dreary Christmas weekend for the unfortunate booked on one of the hundreds of cancelled, diverted or delayed flights that operated from or to Delhi.
- Military Justice System Needs Overhaul (Tribune, Col (Dr) P.K. Vasudeva (retd), Dec 27, 2005)
The cases of moral turpitude and corruption are at their highest levels in the armed forces. There have been more than 6000 cases of court-martial since 2000 and more than 10,000 complaints on being superseded in various ranks.
- Nepal Digs Out Dollars For Chinese Arms (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Dec 27, 2005)
After floating a global tender for buying arms and ammunition, Nepal’s army has just spent more than $800,000 on buying arms and ammunition from China. The money was paid to Beijing’s Poly Technologies Incorporated for 18,000 grenades and 4 million . . .
- Congress Did Not Debate Wiretaps: Ex-Senate Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Congress had reservations about granting President George Bush expanded wartime powers after the September 11 attacks and never discussed the use of wiretaps without warrants on U.S. citizens, a former Senate majority leader said on Sunday.
- Combating Communal Violence (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 27, 2005)
Any law specifically to deal with situations of communal violence must be followed up by reforming the police and the criminal justice system.
- India, Pakistan Composite Dialogue To Be Held On January 17, 18 (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 27, 2005)
Foreign Secretaries will discuss the Kashmir issue and confidence-building measures
Pakistan likely to focus on Kashmir self-governance, demilitarisation
Talks on Khokhrapar-Munnabao rail link on January 5, 6
- U.S. Troops To Leave Pakistan In March (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 27, 2005)
American troops assisting in the relief and rehabilitation operations in Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) and parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) would leave Pakistan in March 2006.
- Talks On Edusat In Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Education Minister E.T. Mohammed Basheer is launching district level discussions next month with MLAs, District Panchayat presidents, chairmen of standing committees on education and grama panchayat presidents on making available the EDUSAT . . .
- Sting And Counter-Sting (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Dec 27, 2005)
These sting journalists have done incalculable harm to the country. They have not only lowered the prestige of the parliamentarians, they have also managed to sabotage liberalisation and privatisation being practised by MPs in their own way.
- The Perils Of Science Fraud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
In March 2004, Hwang Woo Suk , a stem cell researcher from Seoul National University (SNU), gained worldwide fame for `successfully' cloning human embryos and extracting stem cells from one of them. About 240 eggs were collected for the research.
- Afghanistan Begins Trial Of Former Intelligence Chief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Government task force on war crimes to present proposal by end of 2007
Two top officials sacked for spying for foreign countries
- Courting Imbalance (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 26, 2005)
Times change, contexts alter, economic controversies, however, have a way of renewing themselves.
- Invading America (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 26, 2005)
Imperial overreach, or perhaps hubris, is tripping US President George W. Bush. While America’s travails in Iraq are too many to recount, his tribulations in the US are now becoming apparent.
- `Subjective Factors Hampering Unity Among Left Parties' (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Dec 26, 2005)
No ideological divide between CPI and CPI(M), says Veliyam Bhargavan
- Saluting The Tsunami Survivors (Hindu, S. Ganesan, Dec 26, 2005)
Memorial services, silent marches and beachside ceremonies to be held today
- Where We Stand One Year After The Tsunami (Deccan Herald, William Jefferson Clinton, Dec 26, 2005)
Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery feels that the effort of rehabilitation will take years and the world must see it through
- Paradoxes Survive Tsunami Of Relief (Deccan Herald, Somini Sengupta , Dec 26, 2005)
Charity came pouring in from far and wide for this island nation devastated by the tsunami a year ago. But on its fragile northern peninsula, Udayarani Sebastian Pillai today lives on the cliff-edge of uncertainty.
- Shades Of Grey In A Black-And-Yellow World (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 26, 2005)
Consider this: A majority of Mumbai’s taxi drivers these days are migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- Season Of Risings (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 26, 2005)
Bolivia has had more presidents by far than any other country in South America, mainly because so many of them were overthrown long before their terms ended.
- Moore Theft Baffles Sleuths (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
It has been eight days since a gang of thieves hoisted a £3m Henry Moore bronze sculpture onto a flatbed lorry and made off into night.
- Between Seizure And Consumption (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Extracts from the World Drug Report 2005, published by the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime
- Disputed Durand Line (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 26, 2005)
The British during their long rule over the subcontinent drew three lines on the map — the McMahon Line between India and China, the Radcliff Line between India and Pakistan and the Durand Line between India and Afghanistan. All three became . . .
- Control Sugar To Cut Stroke Risk (Tribune, Rob Stein, Dec 26, 2005)
Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar levels can cut their risk of heart attacks and strokes in half, a long-awaited federally funded study shows.
- One Year On (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 26, 2005)
It is a year since the tsunami tore through the Indian Ocean obliterating thousands of coastal villages in at least a dozen countries killing some 216,000 people.
- Explaining Away The Us' Imbalances (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 26, 2005)
The rising American current account deficit has spawned a number of attempts at explanation and mitigation.
- Annual Reflections (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 26, 2005)
As another December ends, one is inevitably reminded of unmet targets and unfulfilled promises, public and private, and can too easily give way to wistful regret.
- Wto: The Next Bargaining Phase (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 26, 2005)
While the WTO's future is a debatable point, as far as the stand likely to be adopted by the rich at the ongoing Doha Round negotiations is concerned, the signs are that any drastic change is unlikely.
- Capitalising On Human Skills (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 26, 2005)
India has to compete through the quality of its human capital, its innovation and its research and development.
- Bharat Nirman: Foundation In Rural India (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 26, 2005)
The ambitious Bharat Nirman project can succeed only if large industries are induced to distribute themselves in villages. For rural location imposes no serious financial liability on large industries but small ones cannot prosper in villages . . .
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Hope And Fear Of Another Killer Wave (Hindustan Times, Tomi Soetjipto, Dec 26, 2005)
Mourners across the world gathered on Monday along ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines to remember thousands who died in last year's tsunami, one of the world's most horrific disasters.
- Lankan Mp Shot Dead (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
A Tamil lawmaker was shot dead while attending a Christmas mass in Sri Lanka, leading the government and the Tiger rebels to trade accusations today, as the spiralling violence threatened to derail the fragile peace process and reinforced worries...
- A Musical Mission (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Christmas Carols owe their popularity to institutions taking them to the public
- Jesus Is Love, Love Is Jesus (Deccan Herald, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Dec 26, 2005)
Love is the most sought after, but least expressed mysteries of life. We try to express love in so many ways, still it remains a mystery; it’s rarely expressed in its fullness, in its totality.
- At Land’S End, As Black Sunday Anniversary Rolls In, India Rolls On (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 26, 2005)
“Ee kaa hai (what is this)?’’ asks Babu Lal Soni of Jharkhand curiously, peering between the thatch covering of a 16-ft high steel statue of two giant hands, one holding back the waves, another cupped to cradle a lamp of hope.
- Standing Reality On Its Head (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2005)
The denial by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of involvement in the claymore mine attack that killed 13 Sri Lanka Navy sailors last week, and its assertion that it is "not involved in any activity that breaches the ceasefire agreement," is breathtaki
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more.
- Guarding Against A "Coloured Revolution" (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 26, 2005)
Russia has approved a bill that introduces stringent controls over the activities of foreign-funded non-government and non-commercial organisations in a move designed to pre-empt any "coloured revolution" in the country.
- Tsunami Relief And U.S. Strategic Moves (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 26, 2005)
Has Indonesia's cooperation with the U.S. over "disaster relief" acquired potential strategic overtones?
- Democracy, Modernity, And The Indian Child (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At present, our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiosity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted . . .
- Sri Lanka Scours For Rebels As Diplomats Rush In (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Dec 25, 2005)
Troops combed Sri Lanka's northwest to root out suspected rebels on Saturday after a series of deadly ambushes raised fears of a return to civil war, as the island's main donors flew to meet the Tamil Tigers for an emergency briefing.
- India Says Proposal Under Discussion : Self-Governance In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 25, 2005)
Indian and Pakistani diplomats are discussing the idea of self-governance for divided Kashmir as proposed by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a top Indian official disclosed on Saturday.
- Fair Treatment Sought On N-Technology Access (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Dec 25, 2005)
Pakistan has sought the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its quest for being treated on a par with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) which controls developing countries’ access to nuclear technology.
- Us Troops Withdrawal From Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 25, 2005)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said that Washington will withdraw two brigades of its combat forces from Iraq early next year. Ramsfeld, who visited Baghdad on Friday, however, said that the US will increase the number of officers currently....
- Not Another Catastrophe (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
It is imperative that the government pay heed to the appeal made by the British NGO Oxfam for relief goods to be delivered soon to earthquake victims to avert a “second humanitarian catastrophe”.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- Power We Didn’T Grant (Dawn, Tom Daschle, Dec 25, 2005)
In the face of mounting questions about news stories saying that President Bush approved a programme to wiretap American citizens without getting warrants, the White House argues that Congress granted it authority for such surveillance in the 2001 ...
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