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Articles 20321 through 20420 of 31829:
- Human Rights In Iraq Require Action: Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The United Nations on Wednesday urged the Iraqi government and US-led multinational forces to address human rights violations amid increasing reports of prisoner abuse.
- Us Soldier Killed In Afghan Clash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
An American soldier was killed in a fire-fight with suspected Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan on Thursday, the US military said.
- No Significant Headway In Wto Talks (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
No significant progress has been achieved so far in the World Trade Organization ministerial conference, a WTO spokesman said on the third day of the negotiations here Thursday.
- Matter Of Surprise (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 16, 2005)
If an on-the-spot report in a newspaper is to be believed the progress of construction of the road between Bhaderwah and Basohli on the one side and between Bhaderwah and Chamba on the other is painfully slow. This is indeed a matter of surprise.
- Poor Countries Flex Muscles At Wto Talks (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Global trade talks were confronted with growing pressure from poorer countries, with African cotton producers and Latin American banana exporters leading the charge for fairer treatment.
- Catching The Small Fry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 16, 2005)
Even as late as last week, if someone of some consequence had dared to suggest either in print or on TV that parliament was full of crooks, he would have been promptly slapped with a privilege notice by indignant custodians of democratic values.
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Energy Conservation In India (Daily Excelsior, P. M. Sayeed, Dec 16, 2005)
India has made rapid strides towards economic self-reliance over the last few years. Impressive progress has been made in the fields of industry, agriculture, communication, transport and other sectors necessitating growing consumption of energy . . .
- Former Us President Appointed Top Un Envoy For Quake Relief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Former American President George H W Bush has been appointed the United Nations top envoy for the South Asian earthquake disaster to lead the world body's efforts to sustain international political will to support humanitarian, . . .
- Asia’S Alphabet Soup And Numerical Croutons (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 16, 2005)
East Asia = ASEAN+3+1+2+? But the EAS and EAC are not the same thing. C. Raja Mohan offers a primer
- Arms From Pak, Brains From Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 16, 2005)
Brains or guns, the Naxalites don't mind getting them imported as long as it helps them in their war for the people — against the "brute state".
- As Wto Giants Bicker On Food Aid, Thousands Die - U.N. (Reuters, Sophie Walker, Dec 16, 2005)
Europe and the United States should be throwing their efforts into increasing food aid instead of arguing about the form it takes, a top U.N. food aid official said on Friday. A long-simmering row between Washington and Brussels boiled over . . .
- Indians Losing Faith In Govt (Hindustan Times, Aloke Tikku, Dec 16, 2005)
This small survey carries a big message. About 1,000 Indians were quizzed as part of a global survey of public trust; the total respondents worldwide were 20,791. The message: public trust levels in national governments, . . .
- New Community (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 16, 2005)
The East Asian summit holds out a promise, though uncertainties abound
- 71 Pc Married Women Unaware Of Hiv: Survey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Seventy one percent of married women are unaware of HIV/AIDS in Udaipur in Rajasthan and 40 per cent girls in the age group of 15-18 years in the city already have one or more children, according to a baseline survey carried out under a UN Foundation ....
- Indian Maoists Threaten Foreign Companies - Report (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 16, 2005)
India's increasingly active Maoist guerrillas said they would attack multinational and large Indian companies, accusing them of colluding with governments to oppress the poor, The Hindustan Times reported on Thursday.
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 16, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Man Who Isn’T Here (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Dec 16, 2005)
Yesterday upon the stair/ I met a man who wasn’t there./ He wasn’t there again today/ I wish that man would go away.
— Hugh Means (1875-1965)
- Is He Reading This? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 16, 2005)
Besides ourselves with excitement, we ask for at least two more Netaji inquiry commissions.
- ‘We Are Witnessing The Destruction Of The Soul And The Spirit’ (Indian Express, David Ignatious, Dec 16, 2005)
David Ignatious explains why Lebanon’s assassins have moved Adonis, the most celebrated poet in the Arab world, to speak of ‘a temple of fear’
- When We Begin To Protect Our Children’S Rights (Indian Express, PRIYA DUTT, Dec 16, 2005)
More than 60 per cent of the country’s population resides in rural India, so the first thing to do is make the villages more liveable in order to control migration to the cities and empower India.
- A Fairy Godmother (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Makkala Sahaya Vani gets 50 distress calls from children daily, but that does not deter Brinda from helping them, writes Marianne de Nazareth.
- Protecting America (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 16, 2005)
The developing world can either accept American protectionism or be prepared for more flagrant protection
- Talks On India-U.S. Nuclear Deal Proceeding On "Strict Reciprocity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
If U.S. does not carry out its commitments, India is free not to reciprocate, Manmohan tells Rajya Sabha
Joint statement a "binding constraint" on both countries
Both working out ways and means to find satisfactory solutions
- Improved Climate For Kyoto Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2005)
The 11th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Montreal has certainly brought about an improvement in the "atmospherics" relating to the international campaign to reduce the danger of global warming.
- Leftist Set To Be Bolivia's First Indian President (Christian Science Monitor, Danna Harman, Dec 16, 2005)
Evo Morales is an unorthodox candidate. He's a former IIama herder and coca farmer, and an indigenous Indian with an eighth-grade education. His platform rests on ending Bolivia's 20 years of free-market economic policies, and . . .
- India's Tata, Reliance Among Cos Targeted By Indian Maoist Attacks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India's Maoist rebels vowed to intensify their attacks against multinational companies, including South Korea's POSCO, India's Tata, ...
- Protests With A Difference In Hong Kong (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 16, 2005)
NGOs attempt to present `empty development box' to Mandelson
Dressed up as Santa, they sing to the tune of jingle bells Greenpeace employs laser projection
- Being Irate At Iran, But Wisely (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Iran's potential nuclear threat took on ominous meaning after several recent fiery speeches by its new president. In stating Israel should be moved elsewhere and claiming the Holocaust is a myth, Mahmud Ahmadinejad deserves condemnation.
- Bank On The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's three-day visit to Nepal merits a welcome, particularly since it included a nearly two-hour meeting with King Gyanendra in Kathmandu.
- Us Looks To India In New Light (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, is a tribute by America's ...
- Calling Names (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2005)
What's in a name, asked the Bard. “There is a lot”, Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh would promptly answer.
- Us Can't Hide Behind Immigration Issue: India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The United States will have to open its market to more foreign temporary workers as part of any new world trade deal, despite strong opposition in the US Congress, India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.
- Editor Denied Pak Visa (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 15, 2005)
Violations of an individual’s rights are the worst in the diplomatic field. Officers take upon themselves the responsibility to undo what governments want to achieve. Something like that some Pakistani officers are trying to do.
- Changing Us Perceptions (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, . . .
- Bharti Invests $40 Mn In Bandwidth Cable (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Telecoms conglomerate Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. said on Tuesday it has paid $40 million for an 8 per cent stake in an undersea cable consortium and hoped it would lead to a fall in domestic bandwidth prices.
- Where Is Osama? (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 15, 2005)
IT doesn’t surprise me that George Bush had a plan to bomb the Doha headquarters of the pesky Arabic news channel Al Jazeera back into the desert age. What shocks me is that he hasn’t sent Al Jazeera a thank you note after his re-election last year in Nov
- Wto: Corporations Vs Common Man (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Dec 15, 2005)
MOST people struggling with their daily lives are not even aware of the sixth WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. But their fate hinges on it.
- Climate Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 15, 2005)
The Montreal climate talks promised very little when they opened two weeks ago but, unlike almost every other international meeting of the past decade, they seem to have achieved a lot.
- Pakistan, Iran For Early Gas Pipeline (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 15, 2005)
Project opposed by U.S. comes for review at ministerial meet
- Water And India's Constitution (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
Water has to be given an important place in the Constitution to guide and empower the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive to regulate its use.
- `India Should Desist From Bilateral Agreements At Wto' (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Dec 15, 2005)
More active participation on the part of Agriculture Ministry urged
- Cpm Slams Pm On Fdi Talk (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The belligerent sections in the Left on Wednesday came close to questioning the prime ministerial authority when it asked Mr Manmohan Singh to check out policy initiatives with the Left leaders before he checks with his Cabinet.
- India’S Foreign Trade: Back To The Future? (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Dec 15, 2005)
India’s foreign trade has seen three remarkable developments over the past decade. First, the current account shows a rapidly growing surplus if POL imports are excluded. Second, there is a sharp rise in merchandise trade with Asia, from around 10% . . .
- China Snubs The Us (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Dec 15, 2005)
The US President, George Bush has just concluded his third visit to China since coming to office nearly six years ago. That is as good an indication as how important it is for the US to maintain close friendly relations with China, . . .
- Violence Against Women (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
The term, 'Violence" against women implies any act of gender based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty occ
- Maoists Declare War On Big Companies (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 15, 2005)
Big corporate houses venturing into Naxalite-hit states may be in for some trouble. The extremists have said they would “step up activities” against the big companies, including MNCs, which are being set up by “forcibly displacing people”.
- Seeds Of Terrorism: A Pakistani Perspective (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Seeds do not germinate or sprout by themselves. They need a congenial soil to grow.
- Misuse Of Taxpayers’ Money (Dawn, George Monbiot, Dec 15, 2005)
Never underestimate the self-pity of the ruling classes. Since Labour took office in 1997 the Confederation of British Industry has been engaged in one long whinge. It doesn’t matter that our taxes are among the lowest and our regulations among the . . .
- Hurriyat Flays Govt For Delay On Pok Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today criticised the Government for its "delaying tactics" in clearing the amalgam delegation’s visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material.
- India, China Can Move Faster To Resolve Border Dispute: Manmohan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 15, 2005)
Manmohan and Wen Jiabao have good discussions on resolution of the issue
Discusses cooperation in science and technology with Wen
Says economic relations is moving in right direction
- Deadlock Continues At Wto Meet (Press Trust of India, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 15, 2005)
Deadlock continued in crucial WTO negotiations between developed and developing countries as differences over contentious farm subsidies remained far from being resolved, with India mounting pressure on EU and US to deliver a fair deal.
- Wto Says Accords On Agriculture, Market Access Unlikely (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A spokesman for the World Trade Organization (WTO), Kieth Rockwell, said on Wednesday agreements on agriculture and Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) were not expected to be concluded at Hong Kong.
- Nothing Can Stop Balochistan Uplift, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
President says major development projects will bring jobs to Baloch
* Announces projects worth Rs 1.5b for Kohlu district
- Multiple Assaults (Hindustan Times, Poornima Advani , Dec 15, 2005)
On December 10, the nation observed the International Human Rights Day.
- ‘No Way I Am Going Out Until December 26’ (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 15, 2005)
TSUNAMI That’s the refrain in 15 Car Nicobar villages as residents face a cyclone with fear and foreboding
- Asia’S Alphabet Soup And Numerical Croutons (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 15, 2005)
For Asia these are the best of times and the worst of times. Asia never had it so good in the last two centuries as rapid economic growth makes it the world’s new centre of gravity. Along with prosperity have come fear and mutual distrust.
- When We Begin To Protect Our Children’S Rights (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
More than 60 per cent of the country’s population resides in rural India, so the first thing to do is make the villages more liveable in order to control migration to the cities and empower India.
- Good Taliban: Role Reversal? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 15, 2005)
The Taliban appear to be resurgent again. Their links with local leaders of the JUI are becoming obvious.
- Polls Again, But Problems Loom Large (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Dec 15, 2005)
Iraq’s 14 million voters go to the poll today for the third time this year to choose the first four-year national assembly since the fall of Saddam Hussein. But the election will not solve Iraq's problems.
- Don’T Trample Our Aspirations: India (Deccan Herald, D Ravikanth, Dec 15, 2005)
As trade ministers began hard-bargaining on Wednesday, India vowed that it will ensure to ensure the Doha Round benefits ‘those who need it’ and that it ‘truly reflects the development dimension.’
- Iraq Goes To Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
With more than 2,300 of its troops dead and over $ 250 billion spent in Iraq, the United States and its allies have an awful lot invested in Thursday’s parliamentary election.
- East Asia Summit Forum For Dialogue On Strategic Issues (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 15, 2005)
Countries should strive for a seamless web of trade and ties: Manmohan
Kuala Lumpur declaration issued
EAS will be held back-to-back with ASEAN summit
Manmohan calls for greater economic integration
- Explaining The Essentials Of `Technical' English (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
G. Venkatraman, senior lecturer in the Department of English, Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA)-at Thanjavur presented a research paper entitled "Competency criteria for the teachers of English for science and technology" ...
- Advanced Technology Set To Change The Face Of Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Seminar on the latest trends in educational methodologies conducted
- Is He Reading This? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Besides ourselves with excitement, we ask for at least two more Netaji inquiry commissions.
- Operation Duryodhan Was Well-Named (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 15, 2005)
Why did Kamlesh Kumari, Jagdish Prasad Yadav, Matbar Singh Negi, Nanak Chand, Rampal, Om Prakash, Ghanshyam, Bijender Singh, and Deshraj lose their lives? What was it that they rushed to protect four years ago?
- Negotiations For $1.4bn Quake Loans (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Pakistan has completed negotiations with multilateral agencies for $1.47 billion loans out of the $3.984 billion pledges and asked international institutions to lend their experts on secondment for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the areas ...
- Straws Of Alarm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 14, 2005)
One needs to take serious note of the latest audio-visual tape circulated by the Al Qaeda, which shows the second man in the organisation's hierarchy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, congratulating the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, for winning back control over. . .
- All Against Cpm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 14, 2005)
The consolidation of anti-Left political forces in West Bengal - or Mahajot - has been an elusive dream since the late-1990s. This is mainly because of the refusal of the Congress to adjust its national policy of keeping the BJP . . .
- Afghanistan Adopts Plan To Deal With Rights Abuses (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
War-scarred Afghanistan has adopted a plan to bring people to account for human rights abuses in almost 25 years of brutal conflict and to promote reconciliation, officials said Tuesday.
- My Sons’ Cooking Expeditions (Deccan Herald, Nirmala Ramaswamy, Dec 14, 2005)
Occasionally cooking exotic dishes themselves, the sons still linger for mom’s cooking
- Sa Keen To Resolve Denel Controversy Early (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
Observing that the Denel deal controversy had affected growth of bilateral cooperation with India in defence sector, South Africa on Wednesday said it wanted early resolution of the issue so that the two countries could go in for more purchases besides jo
- From One In 1951 To Eleven In 2005 (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 14, 2005)
Despite several warnings, governments have shown little will to eradicate corruption
- Regaining One's Lost Self (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Dec 14, 2005)
Many have come to ‘Cold Mountain’ through Anthony Minghella’s movie, which has stellar performances from Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger and Jude Law. But Charles Frazier’s fictive original, on which the film was based, has a clutch of spiritually potent c
- Ray Of Hope In Afghanistan? (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 14, 2005)
EARLY on Tuesday morning an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit north-eastern Afghanistan.
- Losing The War Against Errors (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 14, 2005)
This is how “extraordinary rendition” appears to operate. A suspect is pounced upon by US agents or local proxies, and interrogated.
- Name Game (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 14, 2005)
Bengalooru is fine, but the city needs more than a name change
- Extension Of Kyoto (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 14, 2005)
Environment ministers attending the UN-organized talks on pollution and climate control in Montreal last week have achieved two breakthroughs. One, the world’s biggest polluter, America, has decided to re-join the Kyoto Protocol, four years after . . .
- Is It Iraq's Army Or Militia? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
Although the United States administration has to contend with a lot of political pressure to set a timetable for the withdrawal of military forces from Iraq, it has refused to do so.
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