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Articles 20621 through 20720 of 31829:
- Holiday In Winter (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 11, 2005)
The advantage of living in a globalised world is that even if it’s freezing where one is, there’s always a distant land which is basking in sunshine. It’s a bit like the song where Cliff Richard sings, “We’re all going on a summer holiday./No more working
- Draft Formula For East Asia Summit (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Dec 11, 2005)
Ministers from 16 countries, including India, have finalised a draft declaration for the first-ever East Asia Summit (EAS) to be held in Kuala Lumpur on December 14.
- Karzai Appoints Mujaddedi, Fahim To Afghan Upper House (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday decreed the appointment of 34 people, already cleared by the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), to the Meshrano Jirga (upper house of parliament).
- Removal Of Us Troops From Uzbekistan Good Omen: Hekmatyar (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Former Afghan prime minister Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, who is wanted by the US, has said Uzbekistan’s decision to remove American troops from its Khanabad airbase would herald the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.
- What's Cooking On J&k? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Dec 11, 2005)
APPARENTLY, A US TRANSLATION OF AZAADI------ Is something cooking on Jammu & Kashmir of which little is known in India right now? It would seem so from reports emanating from Pakistan and Mecca where the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) . . .
- India, Us Plan Biggest Army-Level Exercise (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
In a step up of service-to-service engagement, India and US will conduct the biggest-ever Army level exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials on Friday indicated that Washington was working to open doors to . . .
- Mayawati’S Touch Of Caste (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 10, 2005)
The BSP’s victory in the recent state assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh is surprising, notwithstanding the fact that it comes soon after the party’s majestic performance in the Zila Panchayat elections.
- No Rivalry With China: India (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 10, 2005)
"The East Asia Summit is the beginning of a process" The summit is not going to supplant any existing cooperation mechanism
- Too Precious To Lose (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 10, 2005)
There are two reasons why the focus is again on the depressing phenomenon of infant mortality in the country.
- Fiscal Foozle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 10, 2005)
In accord with such crucial sectors as health and education, fiscal management now emerges as a significant failing of the West Bengal government.
- Good Bye Teacher (Greater Kashmir, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan, Dec 10, 2005)
It’s good you bid them a farewell and remember the contributions of those who have taught you, Dr Bashir Ahmad Khan writes
- Rhetorics And Reality Of Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
''Instruments of political oppression still threaten many thousands of people. The number believed to be incarcerated without a fair trial is quite high in some countries. In many cases oppressive states use the police and military to repress people . . .
- India, Us To Conduct Biggest Ever Army Level Exercise (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
In a step up of service-to- service engagement, India and US will conduct the biggest-ever army level exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials today indicated that Washington was working to open doors to high-technology tran
- Flying Indian (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The word ‘airlines’ smells of primeval dust. In one of their mini-seconds of dazzled illumination, the wise men in government who run Indian Airlines — the organization, not the aeroplanes
- Iraqi Sunnis Reverse Policy, To Join Poll (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 10, 2005)
Leaders urge kidnappers to free foreign hostages; disavow Al-Zarqawi's actions
- Iraq Invasion Was A Bandit Act: Harold Pinter (Tribune, Ciar Byrne, Dec 10, 2005)
Harold Pinter was not able to deliver his Nobel literature laureate’s lecture in person in Stockholm on Thursday (Dec 7), but his pre-recorded speech was a characteristically impassioned critique of the Anglo-American decision to go to war in Iraq.
- Towards An American Exit Strategy In Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 10, 2005)
The recent reconciliation conference in Cairo at which all the leading players in Iraq were present could be the start of U.S. moves to cut its losses.
- Pm Faces Tough Diplomatic Task At East Asia Summit (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 10, 2005)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Malaysia on December 11 to be with leaders from 16 countries to attend the high-sounding First East Asia Summit, he will be hoping to build a free trade area extending from Mumbai to New Zealand’s . . .
- Indo-Us Relations On A New Level: Rocca (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Terming the Indo-US ties as being on a “new level”, US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Ms Christina Rocca, said a landmark nuclear agreement between the two countries was “well in train,” brushing aside the notion that Washington was “moving
- Connected By The Middle (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Dec 10, 2005)
Words often cross barriers of countries because they can touch people’s hearts
- No New Conditions For Realising India N-Deal: Rocca (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Asserting that the Indo-US ties have touched a “new level”, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca has said the landmark nuclear agreement between the two countries was “well in train”, brushing aside the notion that Washington . . .
- United States Of Kashmir’ Only Part Of The Picture: Qayyum (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Former president and prime minister of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, said on Friday that a proposal to create a state called the United States of Kashmir was not the ultimate solution to the longstanding dispute between the nuclear-armed. . . .
- Biggest India-Us Exercise In January (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
India and the United States will conduct the biggest-ever army exercises near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal in January as American officials on Friday indicated that Washington was working to open doors to high-technology transfers.
- Qaeda-Iraq Link Us Cited Is Tied To Coercion Claim (Indian Express, Douglas Jehl and David Johnston, Dec 10, 2005)
The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had fabricated them to escape harsh treatment, according to current and....
- Gates To A New Social Landscape (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 10, 2005)
Days before Bill Gates arrived in India, his itinerary was attached with a release from his Foundation on the next tranche of funds for healthcare in India. The last time, it was 200 million dollars for HIV programmes, this time it is for vaccines.
- New Forests Could Make Climate Change Worse (Hindu, Tim Radford, Dec 10, 2005)
Scientists warn that expanding forests in temperate zones could add to global warming.
- Egypt's New Dilemma (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Dec 10, 2005)
Hidden agenda of social intolerance, repression of women suspected
Brotherhood says it wants political reform
- India Detains Suspect For Triple Bombing In Delhi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Indian police have detained a Kashmiri militant who allegedly planted an explosive on a bus during the triple bombings that killed 60 people in New Delhi two months ago, a newspaper reported Friday.
- An `Unbalanced' Fuel Tax On The `Keepers Of The Fire' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 10, 2005)
WE THE Prairie Band Potawatomi people known as the `Keepers of the Fire' shall: Maintain, protect, and nurture our culture and spiritual and historic values through the celebration of its unique traditions, language, and sovereignty."
- In Defence Of The Drama Queen (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 10, 2005)
I’m going to come right out and say this at the very beginning — so now is the time to let your jaws drop if you are going to look incredulous — but I am completely on Uma Bharti’s side.
- Struggles In Afghanistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan three months ago resulted in the most unlikely of career moves for many of the candidates. Once they were warlords or Taliban fighters; now they are legislators who can craft policy to rebuild the country they . . .
- Truth Dawns On Americans (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 10, 2005)
The debate on the Iraq war has begun among Americans and the opinion polls are against Bush
- Tata Motors, Hitachi, Telcon Sign New Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Tata Motors, Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) and Telco Construction Equipment Company Limited (Telcon), an 80:20 joint venture company between Tata Motors and HCM, on Friday signed an agreement, expanding their scope of cooperation and partnership...
- An Ambitious Grouping Taking Shape (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 10, 2005)
India could still be regarded as an "outsider" at the East Asia Summit. It will be better to let its growing economic clout do the "talking."
- A Weak Defence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
In an attempt to quell a growing storm in Europe over the CIA’s secret prisons, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has issued a defence based on the same legalistic jujitsu and morally obtuse double talk that led the Bush administration into a swamp....
- Resolving Iran’S N-Issue (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Dec 10, 2005)
Some new steps in dealing with the stand-off over Iran’s nuclear issue offer a flicker of hope that the harsh realities may induce some flexibility in Washington and Tehran, leading to a peaceful resolution of the current crisis.
- Implications Of Indo-Us Alliance (Dawn, M. Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 10, 2005)
The July visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US was hailed by both sides as a “historical watershed”. The true import of this visit, however, has not been sufficiently grasped by Pakistan, in particular the long-term adverse impact . . .
- ‘Al Qaeda-Iraq Link Testimony Coerced’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
top Al Qaeda suspect whose testimony was used in part to justify the invasion of Iraq, has said his statements linking Baghdad to Al Qaeda were false and made under coercion in Egypt, The New York Times said on Friday quoting current and former US....
- Iaea Warns Against Strike On Iran (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, on Friday said the international community was losing patience with Iran over its nuclear programme but cautioned against using military action.
- Musharraf Backs New Initiatives, Claims Mirwaiz (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2005)
All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday that President Gen Pervez Mushrraf had assured him of Islamabad’s support for the idea of ‘united states of Kashmir’ as part of efforts to resolve the dispute with India.
- Lennon Lives (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 10, 2005)
On December 8, 1980, a mentally deranged man, Mark Chapman, shot John Winston Lennon, aka John Ono Lennon, dead outside the apartment building he lived in - Dakota, on Manhattan's Central Park West. By that one act, the murderer despatched the . . .
- Karzai Makes Parliamentary Appointments (Washington Post, AMIR SHAH, Dec 10, 2005)
President Hamid Karzai has made his appointments to the upper house of Afghanistan's parliament, set to convene this month for the first time in over 30 years, officials said Friday
- Gujar Khan People Rally Against Ajk Cops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
A demonstration was staged by college girls, their mothers and dozens of other residents of Gujar Khan in front of the Parliament House here on Friday against AJK police for detaining a family of their city for 26 days in Mirpur police station.
- Once America’S Conservatives Dictated Agenda To The Republicans. Now They Have An Identity Crisis (Indian Express, DAVID BROOKS, Dec 10, 2005)
Conservatives are in power in the US but out of sorts. Fifty years after the founding of the modern right, conservatives hold just about every important government job, yet the conservative agenda has stalled. Federal spending has surged.
- Realising Fundamental Home Truths (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Dec 10, 2005)
Across regions of violence in India, a peculiar mindset has taken root: A constant harping on grievances - some real, but many imagined, or at least imagined to be uniquely afflicting a specific people or community - combined with a beggar's mentality . .
- How Downer And Dfat Failed To Act On Ona And Asio Warnings Prior To The Bali Bombings (Tonykevin, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Where is our Australian Richard Clarke when we need him ?
I reproduce below the Sydney Morning Herald page 2 news report of 19 June 2003, "I don't remember seeing Bali warning: Downer" , Tom Allard - together with the accompanying illuminating SMH
- We Won't Allow Centre To Bury Volcker: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
BJP president and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Friday demanded that the UPA Government must constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal.
- Myths And Prejudices (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Dec 10, 2005)
Mr KR Phanda thrives on controversies and his recent article, "Root cause of riots" (November 14) is no exception. Unfortunately, some of his remarks concerning the two-nation theory and riots demand further debate.
- Inside Al-Qaeda (Mid East Web, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Al-Qaeda (or Al Qaida) means "the base." It has been described as many different things, and it includes a "federation" of different Islamic groups, all dedicated to mayhem against the West, Christians, Jews and Muslim regimes that do not conform . . .
- Positions Are Being Treated As Private Property (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Dec 10, 2005)
The number of positions—ministerial, professional, managerial or civil service—is always very few compared to the multitude of aspirants. But once occupied most of such positions become monopolies and properties on lease.
- Nuclear Democracy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 10, 2005)
Partnership with Moscow will be vitally necessary to meet India's growing energy needs, as Russia can help with oil and gas on the one hand, and nuclear fuels and technology on the other.
- 'We Try To Wish A Better Tomorrow' (Times of India, MANOJ NAIR, Dec 10, 2005)
US hip-hop group Flipsyde's single Someday is a runaway hit and has been chosen as the anthem for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. In India as part of the VH1 Hip-Hop Hustle tour, the band's singer and guitarist Steve Knight speaks to Manoj Nair:
- A New Start For India & Russia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2005)
India's national interests demand a strengthening and deepening of friendly ties with Russia.
- Why Is There So Much Smoking In Movies? (Hindu, Peter Bradshaw, Dec 09, 2005)
CAN YOU imagine Humphrey Bogart chewing gum instead of smoking in The African Queen? Or Clint Eastwood rolling up his poncho to slap on a nicotine patch? Or how about Gandalf in Lord of the Rings putting away his pipe and taking up sudoku?
- India In Iter: All-Round Support Helped (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 09, 2005)
To give the entire credit to the U.S. for India's inclusion in the prestigious project is misplaced.
- Harold Pinter Assaults U.S. Foreign Policy (Hindu, Michael Billington, Dec 09, 2005)
Shades of Samuel Beckett as the ailing playwright delivers powerful Nobel lecture.
- Coca Farmer Turned Saviour Of The Left (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Dec 09, 2005)
High up on the Bolivian altiplano near Lake Titicaca, an Aymara priest holds a green plastic lighter to a carved wooden cup containing strips of paper.
- Divine Tolerance (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- Iraq Bus Blast Claims 30 Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
U.S. soldier killed in attack on convoy
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- China: The Other Superpower? (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- More Than A Gesture (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
A picture published in Dawn showing Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg playing with child survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake should warm any heart.
- India Seen As Key Player To Farm Deal At Wto Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India is seen as a key player to win over for a global deal to free up agricultural trade at next week's World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Hong Kong, analysts said.
- Natwar Attacks Un And Us After Stepping Down (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Natwar Singh, who had to resign from the Union Cabinet in the wake of UN-appointed Volcker Committee report, today attacked the world body, terming it as a "quasi-bankrupt" organisation with no ability to carry out its political responsibilites . . .
- Maran’S Indiaone Plan Is A Visionary Idea (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Dec 09, 2005)
India was very late in taking full advantage of the telecom revolution. It entered mobile telephony only on August 23, 1995. Due to high costs and licensing difficulties, mobile telephony did not take off until 2003.
- Norway Wants India To Join Npt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Norway has said that India should not become a member of the nuclear suppliers’ group, unless it signs the non-proliferation treaty.
- Bird Flu Wary Asia On Guard Against Migratory Birds (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 09, 2005)
Forest guard Bhola Abrar Khan peers through binoculars scanning the skies for migratory birds that descend on one of India's biggest bird sanctuaries each winter.
- U.N. Sends Top Official To Eritrea Over Expulsion (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Dec 09, 2005)
The U.N.'s head of peacekeeping plans to visit Eritrea in an effort to convince the northeast African nation that its move to expel U.N. peacekeepers is unacceptable, a spokesman said on Thursday.
- India-U.S. Edusat Network Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Networking of universities the first step towards meeting the demands of the knowledge era: Kalam
- Killing Iblees (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Dec 09, 2005)
For three consecutive days, Hajies have to throw pebbles on Ibless (Satan) at Mina. The Ibless tried to mislead Prophet Ibrahiem (AS) and His revered son Ismaiel (AS) when the two were on their way to the altar. Prophet Ibrahiem (AS) threw stones . . .
- Setting The Priority Right (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The change in fortune is of course on account of the stunning outcome of the Bihar poll: it has recreated the opening the BJP had, in its mode of despondency, feared had closed for ever.
- Other Sums (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2005)
Nostalgia is a good way to inject fresh life into a relationship. The emphasis of the Indian prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, on the long and warm relationship of India and Russia, formerly the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
- All For Votes (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2005)
The tribal world of Jharkhand, it seems, is up for grabs. The sangh parivar and the left are competing for the soul — some would say, the votes — of the state’s tribal population.
- Probe Charge Against Vajpayee Aide: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The Congress on Thursday demanded that the terms of reference of the Justice R.S. Pathak inquiry authority be expanded to go into the latest accusation that an unnamed close associate of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihar Vajpayee, . . .
- Iaf To Buy From Russia Unguided Rockets Worth Usd 24 Mn (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Indian Air Force is to buy several thousand unguided rockets from Russia in a USD 24 million deal, media reports here said today.
- The ‘Friend’ Who Drove Me (Deccan Herald, D A SAIT, Dec 09, 2005)
Was the auto driver who drove me that frightful night the long dead friend I had?
- Clash In North Waziristan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 09, 2005)
At least 17 persons were reported dead in clashes between seminary students and highway bandits near Miranshah in the volatile North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday. The clash followed students’ refusal to pay ‘tax’ at a ‘checkpost’ established . . .
- India Stalls Iran Envoy’S Visit To Kashmir : Shift In Me Policy Seen (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India has taken an unusually tough stance with Iran by insisting that its ambassador to New Delhi, S.Z. Yaghoubi, who wants to visit Jammu and Kashmir could do so only if he agreed to meet people selected by the pro-India government in Srinagar,
- Al Qaeda Still Capable Of Attacks: Saudi Envoy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Prince Turki al-Faisal claims Bin Lade
Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday the failure to capture Osama bin Laden only enhanced a sense of Al Qaeda’s invincibility and said that the group remained capable of launching attacks.
- Us May Offer India Top Radar In Fighter-Jet Bid (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The United States may offer India advanced Raytheon Co radar as part of a bid for a multibillion-dollar fighter-jet contract, the head of the Pentagon agency handling the matter said on Wednesday.
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