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Articles 21221 through 21320 of 31829:
- Iran Says Eu Nuclear Talks To Start Within 2 Weeks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday his country would start preliminary talks within a fortnight with EU countries over its nuclear programme.
- Aids Day On December 1: 70,000 Aids Victims In Pakistan, 2,300 Registered (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 01, 2005)
95 percent of 45 million AIDS victims from underdeveloped countries
* About half of new victims are young people
- The ‘Autonomy’ Option On Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan and India are supposed to be talking about demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir (both sides) without going public on the details. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has also added “self-rule” to demilitarisation, and reports from India say a visiting..
- Thousands Evacuated As Cyclone Bears Down On India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Thousands of people were evacuated along India’s southeastern coast Wednesday as a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal moved toward landfall, officials said.
- Musharraf, Mirwaiz To Meet In Makkah (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 01, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Makkah next week when they are likely to exchange notes on their talks with India as well as with a high-level delegation of US Congressmen. . . .
- On How Balance-Sheets Weather Global Financial Storms (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 01, 2005)
The Bank for International Settlements "fosters cooperation among central banks and other agencies in pursuit of monetary and financial stability," informs www.bis.org.
- Doing Business In India: A Report Card (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Dec 01, 2005)
In September, the International Finance Corporation published the third round of its annual rankings of countries, based on an index of ease of doing business.
- Heady Prospects (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 01, 2005)
Communications minister Dayanidhi Maran’s promise on 3G telecom services by early 2006 and moving the access deficit charge (ADC) regime to revenue share has far-reaching implications.
- Not Standard Fare (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Dec 01, 2005)
IAS 39 is probably the most complex and resource-consuming standard for large companies to apply, says Mohan R. Lavi
- Icici To Raise 2,300 Cr Via Ads (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
ICICI Bank which is going for a Rs 2,300-crore issue of American Depository Shares (ADS), has decided to offer a portion of it to the Japanese investors without getting listed in Japan, the bank’s Executive Director Nachiket Mor disclosed here on Wednesda
- As Al-Queda Shifts Base From Pakistan-Afghanistan To Bangladesh, It Emerges The Biggest Terror Threat For India And The World (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 01, 2005)
Al_Queda is slowly and silently shifting nits operational base to Bangladesh and South Western China. Bangladesh now has become the terror capital of the world with thousands of terror camps all around the country.
- Why Is The Media So Indifferent? (Deccan Herald, Mario Lubetkin, Dec 01, 2005)
Without adequate coverage, the MDGs cannot be carried out
- ‘Us Needs Proof Of India’S N-Separation’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A delegation from the United States led by Senator Dan Burton today sounded optimistic about the US Congress passing a legislation to enable implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal once New Delhi has provided ‘‘clear evidence’’ in the form . . .
- Cheney "May Be Guilty Of War Crime" (Hindu, Julian Borger , Dec 01, 2005)
Vice-President's burden on the Bush administration grows heavier
Cheney singled out over prisoner abuse
Cheney dubbed "Vice-President for torture"
Interrogation methods kept secret
- Bush Vows "Victory" In Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Democrats ask the President to spell out his optimism in detail
- Complex Rehabilitation Task (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 01, 2005)
The government has raised the total compensation for those whose households were destroyed by the Oct 8 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP from 20 billion rupees to 80 billion rupees.
- Us Offers To Facilitate Kashmir Solution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting Congressional delegation on Wednesday said the United States would support any dialogue between Pakistan and India, which includes the people of Kashmir, for resolution of their long-standing dispute.
- Volunteers Stalk Hiv Ignorance On A Trek Around India (Christian Science Monitor, Scott Baldauf, Dec 01, 2005)
Activists from the AIDS Walk for Life, a 4,200-mile walk around India, perform a street play to educate people on ways to prevent the spread of AIDS.
- Hunt On For Peace Activists In Iraq (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Dec 01, 2005)
As combined US and British special forces hunt for four Christian peace activists kidnapped by militants in Baghdad, British relatives of the oldest member of the group describe him as a pacifist and promoter of human rights.
- Will Our Dreams Die Young? (Indian Express, David C Mulford, Dec 01, 2005)
India’s promise is threatened by a potential pandemic. A reminder from David C Mulford, the US ambassador to India, on World AIDS Day
- India Warns Of Cyclone, Urge Thousands To Evacuate Along Southern Coast (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Thousands of people prepared to move to higher ground Wednesday as a cyclone with wind speeds of up to 90 kilometers (55 miles)
- Myself, Malpani (Indian Express, V. Gangadhar, Dec 01, 2005)
Names, particularly those that sound rather unusual, had always appealed to me. In Ahmedabad, I was recently introduced to someone with the surname, ‘Chhapan’, meaning 56. I turned the pages of the local telephone directory, it had ten Chhapans.
- Pneumonia Cases Up North (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
With the onset of winter, the worst nightmare of doctors and health personnel working in Azad Kashmir is coming true as hundreds of cases of pneumonia are being reported in the quake-affected zone.
- Centres Of Harmony (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Dec 01, 2005)
With reference to the article, "Centres of separatism" (September 30), by NS Kapur let me share a few thoughts on the subject. The writer has charged that minority institutions in the country are turning into centres of separatism.
- India's Road Map For West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India's High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Slouching Tiger, Leaping Dragon (Pioneer, Chitvan Gill, Dec 01, 2005)
India lags behind China not just in its vision of urban planning but also in clarity of thought, says Chitvan Gill
- Us Offers To Facilitate Kashmir Solution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting Congressional delegation on Wednesday said the United States would support any dialogue between Pakistan and India, which includes the people of Kashmir, for resolution of their long-standing dispute.
- Sikhs From India, Pak Unite In Guru Ki Nagri (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Several thousand Sikhs from Pakistan and India, cutting across political and diplomatic barries, today gathered in this ‘Guru Ki Nagri’ to celebrate the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib.
- Hurriyat Increases Delegation Strength (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today increased the strength of its delegation from 15 to 21 members for the visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material, an amalgam spokesman said.
- Us Wants Iran To Stay Off Iraq After Us Leaves Iraq (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 30, 2005)
America is giving signals of coming troops withdrawal in Iraq. US wants Iran and other neighbors stay away from interferring in Iraq after such possible withdrawal.
- Tsunami Victims Need Better Land To Rebuild - Oxfam (Reuters, Peter Apps, Nov 30, 2005)
Victims of last year's tsunami still living in temporary shelter in Sri Lanka and Indonesia are not being given appropriate land to rebuild their homes, the British aid agency Oxfam said on Monday.
- Decoding Ltte's `Final Warning' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2005)
The 2005 Heroes' Day address by the LTTE supremo, Velupillai Prabakaran, might have nothing dramatic to communicate to Sri Lanka and the world, such as a decision to go to war or a unilateral declaration of Tamil Eelam.
- India-Baiter For N-Deal (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Nov 30, 2005)
In a positive signal that brightened the prospects of getting the Indo-US framework agreement on bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation past a US Congress hurdle..
- Third Aids Vaccine Trial In India To Begin In 2007 (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Nov 30, 2005)
Even as India is in the middle of trying out two vaccines against HIV/AIDS, a third one may be on its way.
- Forward, But In Which Direction? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
Two weeks ago, on the day that the Israeli government, under pressure from its American ally in the person of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, offered the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian residents a small but significant concession in terms. . . .
- Caught Between Iraq And A Hard Place (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Nov 30, 2005)
In Jordan, there are fears that home-grown militancy aping Al-Qaeda could grow without effective action to tackle poverty, unemployment and exclusion.
- Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness And Relief (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 30, 2005)
ON Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Disaster Management Bill. A day earlier, the Home Minister, Mr Shivraj Patil, was accompanied by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr S. Raghupathy,
- Far Too Many ‘Hang-Ups’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
It is a source of constant surprise to me why no sycophant has yet suggested to General Pervez Musharraf that his portrait should adorn all government offices in the country. I think one can safely bet that if someone does so the general will turn . . . .
- Should We Stay Or Leave, Nato Asks Govt (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 30, 2005)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) approached the Pakistan government on Tuesday to enquire whether they should get ready to leave early next year after completing 90 days or their services would be required further.
- U.S. Resists Pressure (Hindu, David Adam, Nov 30, 2005)
Crucial talks aimed at combating the threat of global warming opened with the U.S. Government signalling that it would resist attempts to be drawn into a new international process to cut emissions.
- Planes May Replace Troops In Iraq (Hindu, Jamie Wilson, Nov 30, 2005)
U.S. commanders fear Iraqis will use technology for settling scores
- Clinton Hopes Peace Efforts Will Prevail In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 30, 2005)
Warns against the dangers of civil conflict
- Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Coming Today (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 30, 2005)
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- Volcker In Rs: Legal Debate, Political Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Oil for food: BJP-sponsored motion defeated by voice-vote
- To Be Effective, Link Up (Indian Express, RISHI MOHAN SANWAL, Nov 30, 2005)
November saw the focus of the media and polity focused on the Bihar elections and its results.
- The Starving Of India’S Farmer (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 30, 2005)
When one set of instruments fails, to some the answer is to have more of the same—only larger, bigger and deadlier. I always dread those whose answer to each failure is to set up newer and bigger institutions.
- Bill Of Riots (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 30, 2005)
The proposed communal harmony law sacrifices common sense to political correctness
- Islamabad Playing Games? (Tribune, N.K. Pant, Nov 30, 2005)
Hats off to Pakistan’s external publicity machine for churning out wierd information. One wonders how it was not in conformity with the Islamic nation’s the military establishment’s media department.
- City Ignored (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 30, 2005)
November 2, 2002 created history. For the first time a non-Srinagarian became the Chief Minister of the state. The worst fears of the people of this historic city came true when ministers (mostly hailing from rural areas) started discriminating against th
- Vaccines For Hajis (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 30, 2005)
They have a tough journey ahead which means great rigor and exercise. For that what is needed is good health and wellbeing. Apt medication and timely vaccination are necessary to keep disease away from a pilgrim.
- The Disaster Can’T Be Undone, But Managed Nevertheless (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 30, 2005)
Besides the damage earthquake causes at the moment it strikes, it comes with a lot more problems in the days to come. So the need is to learn the way we can alleviate the plight of those fate bitten people who have no option but to bear it, . . .
- Blair Denies Knew Of Jazeera Bomb ‘Plan’ (Indian Express, Reuters, Nov 30, 2005)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday denied receiving any details of a reported US proposal to bomb the Arabic news channel Al Jazeera.
- Ltte Ultimatum In Hand, Lanka Looks To India (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 30, 2005)
In the urgency that has set in after the LTTE ultimatum to the new Sri Lankan government to get its act together, the new foreign minister, Mangala Samaraweera, will be here tomorrow to discuss the matter with India.
- Outward March (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 30, 2005)
There’s a hint, but is there a will?
The hint of a US troop pullout from Iraq, or at least a dramatic reduction in strength, is the strongest indication yet of the White House’s intention of a reversal of President’s Bush’s “stay the course’’ policy.
- Us, Eu Told To Lift Trade Curbs (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Nov 30, 2005)
India along with Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Namibia and other developing countries launched a major campaign at World Trade Organisation on Monday for “reclaiming development” in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations.
- Small Start To The Great Game (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, Nov 30, 2005)
A question for South Block: Can we be in Afghanistan without our own military back-up?
- The Rich Are Getting Richer (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 30, 2005)
The gap between extraordinary wealth and desperate poverty is growing steadily wider in Tony Blair's Britain
- Cbi Chief Optimistic About Probe Into Dawood-Drug Mafia Nexus (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Assuring all help to catch Dawood Ibrahim, who is a specially designated “global terrorist” in the United States, the CBI today termed the US move to probe Dawood’s links with the drug mafia as a follow-up of the Interpol and the UN’s . . .
- Us May Play Visible Role In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Nov 30, 2005)
The United States may play a more visible role in bringing India and Pakistan towards a settlement on Kashmir issue, sources close to the visit of a high-level delegation of US Congressmen said on Tuesday.
- The Us Dilemma In Iraq — Exiting Without Foul-Up (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 30, 2005)
Many in the US administration are no doubt distressed by the loss of American lives in Iraq and the drain on the exchequer. But they must also be painfully conscious that all this would turn out to an egregious waste if they do not make sure that . . .
- Sow More Investments (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 30, 2005)
First It was the Prime Minister and now it is the Finance Minister's turn to project agriculture, besides infrastructure, as the thrust area for rapid economic growth.
- Chine's Second Thoughts On Nuclear Issue (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Nov 30, 2005)
A People Daily article (October 26) said ''The US put forward a proposal at a meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Oct. 20, demanding a lift of the ban on sales of nuclear technologies to India, but was turned down."
- Memories From Muzaffarabad (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kala, Nov 30, 2005)
Five Sikhs and three Hindus were also permitted from Jammu for the first time to go to Muzaffarabad to see their seperated near and dear ones, who travelled alongwith their Muslim brethren by Carvan-e-Aman Bus in the first week of October.
- Blood-Bath In Iraq (Daily Excelsior, B. K. Karkra, Nov 30, 2005)
One wonders whether the profiles of the present problem in Iraq are getting properly projected.
- Dangerous Bluster (Guardian (UK), Peter Beaumont, Nov 30, 2005)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's belligerent new President, wears his revolutionary heritage on his sleeve.
- Atomic Hypocrisy (Guardian (UK), Tony Benn, Nov 30, 2005)
Britain has played a leading role in the negotiations with Iran about its nuclear programme and the risk that it might lead to the development of an atomic bomb, and may well seek to take the matter to the UN security council.
- A Decaying Society (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Nov 29, 2005)
Abraham Lincoln, when he was the President of America, once wrote a letter to the headmaster of the school in which his son was studying in class 8th.
- Iraq’S Road To Serfdom (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 29, 2005)
What goes on in the Middle East is an interplay of forces between Jews, Arabs, Persians. In the six-day war in 1967, Israel defeated the Arabs and seized Sinai and Gaza from Egypt, the West Bank (of the Jordan River) from Jordan . . .
- Need For Care (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2005)
The technology of life-sustenance is double-edged. The question of how long a terminally ill patient, for whom treatment is indisputably understood to be futile, should be kept alive by artificial means has been growing more urgent over the years.
- Safety Not A Concern (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 29, 2005)
Roads and highways have become death traps. With a boom in the automobile industry,
- Sgpc Chief Stays Away From Palki March (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president, Mr Avtar Singh, stayed away from the golden palanquin march which reached here today from Delhi on its way to Nankana Sahib. None of the leaders or prominent workers from the . . .
- Rajapakse Invites Tigers For Truce Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapakse today invited the LTTE to enter peace talks, a day after the rebels issued a deadline to the new government to come up with a “reasonable” political settlement or risk establishment of a separate Tamil State.
- Let The Monarchy Pass Into History (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 29, 2005)
The Nepali monarchy has sought and received 18 truck-loads of arms and ammunition from China. That is a development that New Delhi can ill-afford to ignore. The government should continue with its embargo on supply of armaments to Nepal . . .
- Volcker Pointers Leave Posers (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Nov 29, 2005)
As allegations over the Volcker report fly, Bulbul Roy Mishra poses questions that illuminate fact and dispel fiction
- India Says Its U.S. Ties Can Balance Rising China (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Nov 29, 2005)
Growing warmth in ties between India and the United States can help offset China's rising economic and military clout in Asia, a top Indian official said on Monday.
- Experts Work Out Plan For Bird Flu (Tribune, Vijay Sanghvi, Nov 29, 2005)
More than 600 health experts and economists from hundred different countries struggled for three days in negotiations at the World Health Organisation’s main office at Geneva in the last week of October to put up in place a three-year plan to meet . . .
- 5 Pok Residents Cross Loc, 5 Others Couldn't (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Five persons from Kotli in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) crossed LoC in the area of Balnoi in Mendhar sector of Poonch district this afternoon while five others had to return as they didn’t possess permits for their two children.
- Banks On A Roll (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 29, 2005)
Over the last two years, the banking system in India seems to have stacked up a greater amount of critical appreciation for its operations than it ever did since the reforms began.
- Engaging With Israel (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 29, 2005)
The initiatives of Gen Pervez Musharraf to touch base with Israel were aimed at impressing US Senators and Congressmen preparing to vote on aid for Pakistan.
- India-Us To Muzzle China? (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Growing warmth in ties between India and the United States can help offset China's rising economic and military clout in Asia, a top Indian official said on Monday
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