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Articles 20021 through 20120 of 31829:
- Ongc, Cnpc Win Joint Bid For Syrian Oil (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Duo to get 37% stake in Petro-Canada's fields for $573 mn.
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and China National Petroleum Corporation have jointly won a bid to acquire 37 per cent of Petro-Canada’s stake in Syrian oilfields for € 484 million ....
- Faking It (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 21, 2005)
Two things emerge in the aftermath of South Korean professor Hwang Woo-suk’s stem cell research being outed as ‘fake’.
- Education For A Livelihood (Hindu, Xavier Alphonse, S.J., Dec 21, 2005)
The alternative system of community colleges aims at helping the disadvantaged find employment in collaboration with the local community and industry.
- U.S. Congressmen Seek To Oppose India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 21, 2005)
Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed a resolution expressing congressional disapproval for President George W. Bush's sweeping nuclear agreement with India, one of the congressmen said on Tuesday.
- Tsunami Survivors Live In Sub-Standard Conditions - U.N. (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A year after the Indian Ocean tsunami, many survivors still live in "substandard conditions" that fail to meet international criteria for adequate housing, United Nations human rights investigators said.
- U.N. Approves Long-Delayed Whistle-Blower Rules (Reuters, Irwin Arieff, Dec 21, 2005)
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has approved long-delayed rules to protect U.N. employees from reprisals when they accuse superiors of misconduct, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
- U.S. Non-Proliferation Group Ups The Ante With Draft Separation Plan (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 21, 2005)
"India should place all power reactors, naval fuel cycle Rare Metals Plant under safeguards"
- An Election That Resolves Little (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2005)
Believe it or not, President George W. Bush claims the United States-led occupation forces are on their way to victory in Iraq. By way of proof, he points to the significant turnout in the December 15 parliamentary election.
- Fight Them On The Beaches? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 21, 2005)
Last week, the day after Sydney witnessed some of its worst racial violence in living memory, a woman in the affected suburb answered her doorbell only to find a pair of men, of “Middle Eastern appearance”, wishing to be let in.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Of Unholy Marriages (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Dec 21, 2005)
The wedding season has again started and people are anxious to marry off their daughters and find rich brides for their sons before the onset of summer.
- ‘Decency’ Standards (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 21, 2005)
Buckling to pressure from Washington, America’s leading cable TV companies agreed last week to limit the amount of crude, suggestive and violent programming beamed into their customers’ homes.
- Taliban Dismisses Parliament As Us Forgery (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A statement attributed to the leader of the ousted Taliban regime on Tuesday dismissed Afghanistan’s first parliament in 30 years as a US forgery and vowed the American ‘invaders’ would be forced out.
- Ji Hind Dispatches 10, 800 Gi Sheets To Quake-Hit Districts (News International, Javed Aziz Khan, Dec 21, 2005)
Indian chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has dispatched 10,800 GI sheets via Wahga border for construction of 480 houses in the quake-hit districts of NWFP.
- Salem's Lawyers' Plea On Confession Statement Adjourned (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A special TADA court today adjourned till January 3, the hearing on an application moved by lawyers of extradited gangster Abu Salem, demanding a copy of the confessional statement of the accused in regard to his alleged role in the 1993 serial bomb....
- Solve Problem, Money Packages Won’T Do: Omar To New Delhi (Greater Kashmir, ARIF HALEEM, Dec 21, 2005)
Opposition National Conference president Omar Abdullah continued his diatribe against Central Government, Hurriyat Conference and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the second day Tuesday.
- Informal Talk On Jehadis Relief Work (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 21, 2005)
The United States remains perturbed about the presence of jehadi relief workers who are working around the clock in Azad Kashmir and in the NWFP.
- Mojadidi To Head Upper House (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A day after the inauguration of Afghanistan’s first parliament in decades, lawmakers on Tuesday picked an ex-president to head the upper house, but squabbled over how to choose the influential leader of the lower house.
- Far From Vietnam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
A disaster both at home and the world
President George W Bush’s internal policies as much as his conduct of foreign affairs get murkier still.
- Flawed System (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
In Kuala Lumpur last week Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated that India would soon open its retail sector to foreign investment.
- Lankan Rebel Allies Cause Parliament Suspension (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Sri Lanka’s parliament was suspended briefly on Tuesday after political proxies of the Tamil Tiger rebels staged a protest, shouting slogans and demanding the army pull back troops in the minority Tamil north.
- Small Troop Cut In Afghanistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The Pentagon has called for a small cut in the American troop numbers in Afghanistan - from the existing 19,000 to about 16,000 by next Spring.
- Canada Urges India To Open Up Nuclear Reactor (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Canada urged India on Monday to allow nuclear inspectors access to a Canadian-supplied reactor where experts say the country produces a significant amount of its weapons-grade plutonium.
- 5 Mps Asked To Stay Away From House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Somnath announces seven-member committee to probe latest sting operation
Matter referred to Ethics Committee in Rajya Sabha
It has impacted on dignity of Parliament: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
MPs demand scrapping of Local Area Development Scheme
- Man With Hiv Kills Himself (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Despite spending millions of rupees on AIDS awareness every year, HIV positive persons are losing hope too soon due to fear of the disease and of the social stigma attached to it.
- Greater Autonomy Only Solution: Omar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Reiterating that greater autonomy was the only solution of vexed Kashmir problem, newly elected president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, Omar Abdullah today claimed that proposals coined by different groups were by and large same as already
- Nuclear Deal And After (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Dec 21, 2005)
The think-tanks in Washington are divided right in the middle”, said Mr Stephen Cohen, the South Asia specialist at the Brookings Institution. Nothing unusual, I thought to myself.
- Bangalore Gears Up For Women’S Safety (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Dec 21, 2005)
The recent rape and murder of a woman BPO employee by a pick-up driver has exposed just how fragile the foundations of this edifice really are.
- Ongc-Cnpc Win Bid For Petrocanada's Syrian Oilfields (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp and China National Petroleum Corp have won the bid to acquire about 37 per cent stake in Syrian oilfields of Canadian oil company Petro-Canada for 484 million Euro.
- Cheney Meets Musharraf, Expresses Solidarity (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Visiting US Vice-President Dick Cheney today met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and expressed grief over loss of lives in the massive October-8 earthquake and the destruction caused by it.
- Nepal Govt Declines Maoist Ceasefire Overture (Indian Express, YUBRAJ GHIMIRE, Dec 21, 2005)
In a response that would disappoint the international community as well as the pro-democracy forces in Nepal, the government today made it clear that it is not going to reciprocate the ceasefire called by the Maoists.
- The Israeli Puzzle (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 21, 2005)
Mr Benjamin Netanyahu’s election as Likud chief is bad news for peace in the Middle East. With Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of Likud, Mr Netanyahu will be the most important challenger to Mr Sharon in elections due in March next.
- United States To Cut Troop Levels In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signed orders that will reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan to 16,000 from 19,000 by next spring, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
- Us To Cut Troop Level In Afghanistan, Says Nyt Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signed orders that will reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan to 16,000 from 19,000 by next spring, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
- Army Provides Power To Remote J-K Villages (Indian Express, MIR EHSAN, Dec 21, 2005)
After quake relief operations, Army is helping people tide over power shortage in Kashmir.
- India To Get Lng From Iran By ’09 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Iran has assured India it will honour its commitment to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG), India’s oil minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, said on Tuesday. Iran had signed a deal with India in June to export 5 million tonnes of LNG annually for 25 years . . .
- Relief Work Best To Improve U.S. Image: Cheney (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 21, 2005)
Tours quake hit areas in PoK
United States Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived here on Tuesday on a symbolic visit to express solidarity with Pakistan in managing the crisis thrown up by the October 8 earthquake and pledged continued support from.....
- Canada Urges India To Open Up N-Reactor (Indian Express, Carol Giacomo, Dec 21, 2005)
Canada has urged India on Monday to allow nuclear inspectors access to a Canadian-supplied reactor, where experts say the country produces a significant amount of its weapons-grade plutonium.
- India Is World No. 10 Economy: World Bank (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 21, 2005)
China on Tuesday raised its estimate of the output of the world's fastest-expanding major economy by a sixth, a revision that leaves growth better balanced but may increase pressure on Beijing to let the yuan rise faster.
- Gangster Not Based On Life Of Salem And Monica: Director (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Bollywood director Anurag Basu has said his forthcoming film Gangster, which releases in April next year, is not based on the life of underworld don Abu Salem and his girlfriend Monica Bedi.
- Honda Drives To Double Digit Growth In 2006 (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday forecast near double-digit growth in its 2006 global car sales to another record, following an estimated 5 per cent increase this year, driven mainly by brisk overseas growth.
- India Connected, India Empowered (Indian Express, APJ ABDUL KALAM, Dec 21, 2005)
I am delighted to participate in the interactive session of the India Empowered event. It was a delightful experience for me to study every day from August 14 2005, the writing on the subject, ‘Empowering India’, . . .
- Weather Pattern Will The Biggest Challenge For India And China In 2006 (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 21, 2005)
According to international think tanks, India and China will faced unimaginable bad weather patterns in coming years specially in 2006.
- Us Congressmen Seek To Oppose India Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Two US lawmakers have proposed a resolution expressing congressional disapproval for President George W Bush's "sweeping" nuclear agreement with India, one of the congressmen said.
- India Must Place Civilian N-Facilities Under Safeguards’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 21, 2005)
Two nuclear experts have recommended that India place all its civilian nuclear facilities under full international safeguards, in order to obtain congressional satisfaction about its July 2005 nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States
- Life Moves On (Deccan Herald, Boby George, Dec 21, 2005)
For Bangalorians, this rainy season was nothing more than a few months of ‘handling emergencies’. In a city where rain never disturbs the routine, the downpour was indeed unexpected.
- Games Rich Nations Play (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 21, 2005)
WTO’s Hong Kong compromise will not be able to stop suicides by farmers in India and other developing nations
- No Noisy Money (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 21, 2005)
Money’s welcome, but pro-American publicity isn’t, not with an aggressive Left constituency around.
- Correct Mistakes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 21, 2005)
The TN govt should have taken safeguards to avoid a second stampede
- The West's Patience Wears Thin With Iran's Hard Line (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
When European nations resume talks with Iran in Vienna Wednesday over that country's nuclear ambitions, two dangerous new factors are in play.
- Nato, Eu Hail First Afghan Assembly Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Reaffirm commitment to help Afghanistan meet its aspirations
* Japan pledges support for Afghan nation-building
- Afghanistan Becomes Democracy After 30 Years (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Democracy D-Day In Kabul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in today members of the first Afghan Parliament in over 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- History, Democracy And Iraq (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Dec 20, 2005)
I saw two of my former students last week; one I taught at Cambridge, the other at Oxford. One of them has spent the better part of the last three years on her majesty’s service in southern Iraq.
- Omar Raps New Delhi On ‘Fake’ Talks, Calls Congress ‘Mistress Of Mistakes’ (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Dec 20, 2005)
Elected as president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both, militants as well as security forces, allow peace to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed. Describing
- West Asia Today (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 20, 2005)
West Asia has relapsed into a pregnant pause, with the United States in an uncertain mood in its desire to build a New World Order. Although the Iraq quagmire has taken centre-stage in American concerns for reasons other than those envisaged, . . .
- India-Us Talks On Nuclear Issue On Dec 21 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
India and the US are expected to spell out the steps taken by them on implementation of Civil Nuclear deal when Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his American counterpart Nicholas Burns hold talks in Washington on Wednesday.
- Icici Bank To Channel 20% Of Issue Proceeds To Life Venture (Business Standard, Rajendra Palande, Dec 20, 2005)
ICICI Bank has earmarked nearly Rs 1,200 crore of the proceeds from its recent public issue for its life insurance venture, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.
- Combating A Virus (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 20, 2005)
Discusses the epidemiology of avian influenza and an agenda for control
- We Cast The First Vote (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Dec 20, 2005)
Isn't it a matter of pride that citizens of Bangalore voted before any other city in India did?
Bangalore is the only metropolitan city where cinemas in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam are screened apart from Kannada and English
- Fatally Casual (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 20, 2005)
The wretched part of the tragedy in Chennai that killed 42 people on Sunday is the shameful absence of any anger expressed by the government at the state level or by the Centre. Thousands had gathered at the school gates from the night before, queuing up
- Hasten With Care (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 20, 2005)
All right-thinking persons will agree with the note of caution struck by Parliament's Standing Committee on External Affairs on preparing roadmap of peace with Pakistan.
- Look Back With Sapience (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Dec 20, 2005)
This is retelling a story of Modern Man that we probably have all grown up with — the story of the rise of a species specially endowed with sagacity, created by god or nature to be the ruler of this earth and all other creatures.
- Hydrogen Engergy (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Dec 20, 2005)
When industrialist Ratan Tata submited the National Hydrogen Energy Road Map document to Union Non-Conventional Energy Minister Vilas Muttemwar on November 21, it represented another major stride taken by India in its quest not only for energy . . .
- Indo-Pak Talks On J&k Next Month (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Dec 20, 2005)
Elected as president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both, militants as well as security forces, allow peace to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed. Describing
- Does Us Face An Engineering Gap? (Christian Science Monitor, Mark Clayton, Dec 20, 2005)
A new study deflates claims that China and India have a vast advantage in graduates
- Rebuilding Azad Kashmir (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 20, 2005)
Islamabas's current approach towards the devastation caused by the recent earthquake is to provide expeditiously and efficiently relief to the affected population.
- Where Does Saarc Go From Here? (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 20, 2005)
IS there a heaven for dead prime ministers in which rivers of milk and honey flow as mellifluously as their rhetoric did while they were on earth? If so, one can imagine at least two of them — Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Zhou Enlai comparing notes . . .
- A Blow Against Torture (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Thanks to a belated White House retreat, Congress is on the verge of taking an important step toward curtailing the systematic human rights violations committed by the Bush administration in its handling of foreign prisoners.
- India’S N-Facility Separation Plan Ready (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
India’s plan to separate its civilian and military nuclear plants, key to a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has been finalised ahead of a meeting of officials of the two countries, a report said on Monday.
- Cheney Hails Afghan Parliament (International Herald Tribune, Richard W. Stevenson, Dec 20, 2005)
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived here Monday with words of praise and encouragement for Afghanistan as it convened a new Parliament.
- The Eye Of A Child (Indian Express, MOHAN K. TIKKU, Dec 20, 2005)
I ate my meal between two massacres...When Bertolt Brecht wrote those lines, he was referring to the two World Wars. But what does an artist say in a place where life plods on between many massacres?
- Indian Troops Kill 4 Militants In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Indian troops shot dead four suspected militants in two separate gun battles in revolt-hit Kashmir, police said Monday.
- Edusat Centre To Be Set Up At University Library (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Library to be re-organised for housing Edusat lab
The University of Kerala plans to set up an Edusat laboratory in the University Library in order to make available the services of the satellite to more students.
- Interviewing The Three-Year-Old (Indian Express, MADAN M. JHA, Dec 20, 2005)
The Delhi High Court has just directed that private schools end the practice of holding children’s interviews. This is the outcome of a writ petition, the final hearing of which will affect thousands of children who have to go through the trauma . . .
- Jail For Watching King Kong At Home? (The Financial Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Dec 20, 2005)
Clifton, Karachi Dec 1, 2005: It is dusk in this upmarket shopping area, which is a bit like a blend of Linking Road and Breach Candy in Mumbai.
- Kbd: Smaller Provinces Are Being Pitted Against Punjab, Says Fazl (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Dec 20, 2005)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has criticized the Army action in Balochistan claiming that several lives had been lost during the action which began on Sunday in the Kohlu area.
- India Empowered To Me Is... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
They spoke with conviction and passion. They talked grand ideas. They talked about small people. You could agree with them or not. But you couldn’t be indifferent. For, the contributors strove to think big for India.
- Mauritanian Cheese, Monsieur? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Dec 20, 2005)
Kamal Nath thinks WTO can cut farm subsidies. He should meet Prince Albert
- India Planning To Produce Nato-Compatible Arms For Export Market (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Indian ordnance factories are planning a more serious defence export market by considering manufacture of specific NATO-compatible bullets and shells.
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