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Articles 21721 through 21820 of 31829:
- World Apathy And Marketing (Greater Kashmir, MINHAJ QIDWAI, Nov 22, 2005)
The earthquake that struck Pakistan on Oct. 08, is a tragedy that brought mayhem for Pakistan. With about 90,000 dead and more than 2 million left homeless,
- Burnt Out Case (Telegraph, Jay Bhattacharjee, Nov 22, 2005)
The roots of the recent violence in Paris can be traced to the functioning of the French establishment and the elite, writes Jay Bhattacharjee
- Indians Are Now Prime Target Of Taliban And Al-Queda (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Nov 21, 2005)
India is all on a sudden on the terror radar of the Taliban and Al-Queda.
- New Delhi Hopes To Avoid Vote On Iran (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Nov 21, 2005)
Diplomatic efforts are on in Vienna and Tehran to ensure that there is no need for a vote when the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors meets on Thursday.
- A South Asian University? (Hindustan Times, Kanti Bajpai, Nov 21, 2005)
In his speech at the SAARC Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed that the region set up a South Asian University
- Taliban Say Abducted Indian Engineer In Afghanistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Taliban insurgents have kidnapped an Indian road engineer in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the militant group said on Sunday
- Iraqi Politicians Get Tentative Deal At Cairo Talks (Reuters, Mohammed Abbas and Waleed Ibrahim, Nov 21, 2005)
Iraqi politicians from across the spectrum reached tentative agreement at a conference in Cairo on Sunday that violence should stop, detainees go free and U.S. forces gradually withdraw.
- Kashmiris Credit Quake With Bridging Border Divide (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 21, 2005)
Last month's earthquake killed tens of thousands in Kashmir but, for divided families in the disputed region, it also opened up new routes to reunite with long-lost relatives across the frontier.
- Young Indian Man's Dreams Dashed By Aids, Drugs (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 21, 2005)
Like any fairly healthy 30-year-old man, Lolly dreams of one day getting married and having children.
- Mirwaiz’S Ideas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 21, 2005)
Those seeking a solution of the Kashmir issue need to take note of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s speech in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- Give Peace A Few More Chances (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Set a schedule for achieving the aid to gross national income ratio of 0.7 per cent by 2015: Donors should set budget commitments at a minimum level of 0.5 per cent for 2010.
- Very Well Said (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 21, 2005)
In the late sixties there was violence in and around Srinagar. Some concerned young persons of the Capital city's prestigious Sri Pratap College set apart their political differences to form a peace committee for the restoration of harmony.
- Afghan Polls And Re-Emergence Of Taliban —Eschmall Sardar (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
There is no denying that for Afghanistan elections are definitely a thing to rejoice, yet it needs to be noted that unless accompanied by important factors like keeping tried and tested hawks at bay, they are likely to amount to little more than old wine.
- World Responds To Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 21, 2005)
The outcome of the International Donors’ Conference held in Islamabad is quite encouraging with world community making pledges more than the amount indicated by the host and the multilateral institutions in their consensus assessment report of the . . .
- Loc Should Be Demilitarized: Strategic Assets Not Damaged: Aziz (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday called for demilitarization of the Line of Control (LoC) and reiterated that settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute was essential for durable peace in the region.
- Handle With Care (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 21, 2005)
If a despotic monarch is bad for democracy, anarchists could be even more so. The pact between the Maoists and the democratic parties in Nepal is, therefore, at best a gamble.
- Importing Trouble (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Nov 21, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Of Us And Roman Empire (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Nov 21, 2005)
Natwar Singh has not only been hit hard-fairly or otherwise is a different matter—by Paul Volcker, former head of the US Federal Reserve (bank), but also humbled in the most imperial way by this ‘distinguished’ American.
- Oppression By Bigger Powers Makes Peace An Impossibility (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 21, 2005)
Bloodshed is abhorable. But those who want to rule by force are responsible for it. Everywhere in the world, Muslims are being persecuted.
- Tv’S Witch Hunt -Time To Reflect, To Introspect (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
If Dr Arvind Khare did all he is alleged to have done — allegations that were reported on television and in the Delhi edition of this newspaper on Friday
- Increasing Pressure To Withdraw (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 21, 2005)
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's assessment that foreign troops could start withdrawing by the middle of 2006 might appear plausible at the surface.
- Iraqis' Right To Rule Themselves (Hindu, Haifa Zangana, Nov 21, 2005)
The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned body of a child at Fallujah, widely shown during the chemical weapons controversy of recent days,
- Upgrading To An Ipod (Hindu, Lucy Siegle, Nov 21, 2005)
e-waste is becoming one of the major environmental issues of our time.
- Why Have Infrastructure Reforms Failed? (Hindu, V. Ranganathan, Nov 21, 2005)
Lack of a strong internal constituency to blame for poor performance; paucity of resources is another major constraint
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Singh’S Concern Over Cross-Border Terrorism Conveyed To Aziz (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Nov 21, 2005)
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed said on Sunday that he had conveyed Indian Premier Manmohan Singh’s concerns regarding “cross-border terrorism” to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
- Iraqi Civilians Drilled To Death (Statesman, Raymond Whitaker and Kim Sengupta, Nov 21, 2005)
British-trained police operating in Basra have tortured at least two civilians to death with electric drills.
Mr John Reid, the secretary of state for defence, admits that he knows of “alleged deaths in custody” and other “serious prisoner abuse”. . .
- Bush Presses Hu On Trade, Rights (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
US President George W Bush pressed President Hu Jintao on Sunday to rein in China’s swelling trade surplus and push forward currency reform after calling for greater religious freedom.
- Sonia, Sania And The Fab Four (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Nov 21, 2005)
When people agree to answer questions, it’s usually because they have something to say. That sounds very silly but the truth often is. Silly.
- When We Are No Longer Called Muslim Indians But Indian Muslims (Indian Express, MAULANA DR SYED KALBE SADIQ, Nov 21, 2005)
By sheer strength of their numbers, Muslims constitute the second largest segment of the country’s population.
- Abu Salem Admits Links With Cricketer: Cbi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The interrogation of Abu Salem by the CBI has brought into focus the alleged links between a former Indian cricketer and the underworld, according to highly placed sources in the CBI.
- Indian Kidnapped In Afghanistan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Taliban insurgents have kidnapped an Indian in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the militant group said today.
- Prospects Of Peace (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Peace process between India and Pakistan and their resolve to settle the Kashmir issue through dialogue has some how sustained many up hills during the past two years.
- No-Go Area-Ii -By Ishan Joshi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 21, 2005)
Even those who concede that advising France to jettison its integrationist model could amount to advocating an illiberal communitarianism i.e.
- China’S Super Moves (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 21, 2005)
The strategic silence of China and the US on key issues shows that they are working towards a rapprochement
- Lankan Rebels Dismayed At Rajapakse’S Victory (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Say hardline president’s victory signals Sinhalese majority has no understanding of Tamil aspirations for separate homeland
- Tyranny Of Numbers (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Nov 21, 2005)
Years ago when a car dealership sold you a motor car, it was customary for them to ring you and ask how it was doing, and be reminded when it was due for servicing, even after the obligatory free services were over.
- Behind The Screens (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Nov 21, 2005)
It is likely that you have never heard of the phrase “integrated movie-making.” It is a euphemism used by advertisers for something increasingly ubiquitous in films: product placement.
- When Bullying Is Not Enough, Try Disinformation (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 21, 2005)
India was among those countries taken for a ride by dodgy U.S. intelligence in the run-up to the last IAEA meeting in September.
- France's Burning Economic Issues (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Nov 21, 2005)
In the world of men's clothes, nothing is more beautiful than the tuxedo with black tie — one of the few garments that makes a man, any man, look his splendid best.
- America’S Future Is Stuck Overseas (Deccan Herald, Stuart Anderson, Nov 21, 2005)
Foreign students consolidate America’s position as a world leader in science and technology.
- Volcker Probe: The Big Picture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 21, 2005)
At the grassroots level, it can be argued that the seeds of corruption which ultimately affected the operation of the oil-for-food programme were sowed by the rules and guidelines drawn up to implement the programme.
- Extra Large Weekends Alone Won't Balance Work And Life (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Nov 21, 2005)
This Diwali brought with it a special kind of bonus: With a couple of days personal leave, employees in many organisations were able to manage a nine-day vacation, given the string of public holidays around the same time. Sensing this, . . .
- Good News On Net (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 21, 2005)
While the US is in control of the Internet, others will have a say.
- Which Option To Choose: Saarc Or Eco? (Dawn, Javid Husain, Nov 21, 2005)
The evolution of the European Union into a dynamic association of European states cooperating for common economic, political and security goals is enviable.
- U.S.-Iraqi Patrol Ambushed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
An ambush on a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad left 15 civilians, eight militants and a U.S. Marine dead from a road side bomb and the fire fight that followed, a U.S. military statement said on Sunday.
- Pontifical Bush... -... Gets A Cold Shoulder From China (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 21, 2005)
It was a devastating snub that President George W Bush had never quite anticipated.
- Rumsfeld Says Torture Ban Under Discussion (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The White House and senators are discussing the implications of a Senate-passed ban on the torture of suspected terrorists in U.S. custody and what part, if any, of the proposal the administration might find acceptable, the Pentagon chief said Sunday.
- Careful With Syria (Dawn, David Ignatius, Nov 21, 2005)
In the United Nations’ looming confrontation with Syria, it’s hard to define the best strategy but easy to identify the worst one: the imposition of general economic sanctions that would hurt the Syrian people while allowing the ruling elite to grow . . .
- Compassion Fatigue (Dawn, James Harkin, Nov 21, 2005)
The latest buzzword in the aid industry — compassion fatigue — refers to the psychological exhaustion said to be induced by endless appeals for money and sympathy. If charity begins at home, then compassion fatigue begins when it comes to places far away.
- Poetry, Pistachio, Power (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 21, 2005)
A government rarely receives all its challenges in a cluster. But this could be just that kind of a week for the Congress-led coalition: the Bihar verdict, Supreme Court’s judgement on the constitutionality of the dissolution of that state’s assembly,
- Helping Victims Of Violence (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Nov 21, 2005)
In the days when Ayub Khan ruled the roost, and the 22 families set up their baronetcies, draconian press laws were introduced to keep at bay journalists who had not yet recovered from the long hangover of the Tamizuddin Khan years.
- Iran Votes To Block Nuclear Inspections (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The Irani parliament approved a bill on Sunday requiring the government to block international inspections of its atomic facilities if the UN nuclear monitoring agency refers Iran to the Security Council for possible sanctions.
- China Will Adopt Its Own Path To Democracy, Hu Tells Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Washington, Beijing sign agreement on prevention of illegal nuclear trade
- Use Your Real Estate Broker – Do Not Let Them Use You (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Not all of they are bad – if you know how to use them, they can be valuable asset.
- New Bearings Of Sco (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
BEFORE turning to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as promised last week, I need to clarify a point. Mr Zia Rizvi, a consulting engineer in far-off Toronto read the online version of my article Politics of pipelines (Dawn, November 14) and ....
- Iraqi Police Wage A War Of Vengeance (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Nov 21, 2005)
Baghdad's Medical Forensic Institute — the mortuary — is a low, modern building reached via a narrow street. Most days it is filled with families of the dead.
- Resolve J&k Issue Once For All, Musharraf Tells Pm (Deccan Herald, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
As India joined international donors in pledging 5.4 billion dollars for relief and reconstruction efforts for earthquake victims, President Pervez Musharraf
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bln Nigeria Offshore Field - Sources (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is bidding for a stake in a Nigerian offshore field with an estimated value of $1 billion as it aims to boost its overseas energy reserves, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
- Isro Studying Needs Of Manned Space Mission (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Nov 20, 2005)
At the moment there are no firm plans, but they are evolving: Madhavan Nair
- If America Can Pardon Pakistan Over Selling Nukes Know How To Iran, Why Should India Take Any Side On This Issue? (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 20, 2005)
You do not have to be rocket scientists to figure out where Iran got its nuke know how.
- Anxious Kashmiris Walk Across India-Pakistan Border (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 20, 2005)
Pakistan and India allowed Kashmiris to walk across their heavily militarised frontier for the first time in nearly 60 years on Saturday to learn the fate of relatives after last month's quake and mourn the dead.
- Militants Ambush Police Party In Assam (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Unidentified militants ambushed a police party and set afire 14 Dimasa houses in Karbi Anglong district of Assam on Saturday.
- Faith And Conscience (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 20, 2005)
PRESIDENT Bush has made three important promises on foreign aid. In 2002 he announced plans for a Millennium Challenge Account that would dispense aid to a short list of poor countries that had good policies.
- For Whose Interest Is It Anyway? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
The demand for an FDI cap increase in insurance is driven by the market invasive interests of global insurance players
- Microsoft Aims To Trump Sony With Xbox 360 Debut (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Microsoft Corp. hopes to gain an advantage over rivals Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd. by being first to launch a next-generation video game console when its Xbox 360 debuts Nov. 22.
- Kashmir Can Be Resolved In Terror Free Atmosphere: India (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 20, 2005)
Shortly after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf remarked that the earthquake offered a lifetime opportunity to settle the Kashmir issue, India today said it was willing to resolve all bilateral issues through dialogue in an "atmosphere free from terrori
- Apec Leaders Call For End To Trade Talks Impasse (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
PUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - Pacific Rim leaders called on Saturday for the impasse in agricultural negotiations holding up a free trade agreement to be broken, but they referred only implicitly to the European Union's widely criticised stand.
- Al-Qaeda Threatens Jordan King (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
An audiotape purportedly from the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq said on Saturday that the group’s suicide bombers did not intend to bomb a Jordanian wedding party at an Amman hotel last week, killing about 30 people.
- Dell’S Edge Is Getting Duller (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
When Dell Inc announced disappointing quarterly sales a few months ago, CEO Kevin B Rollins explained away the problems as an “execution issue.”
- Cope India 05: Eyes On Indian Skies (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2005)
Till a few years ago, Air Force Station Kalaikunda — about 190 km from the city — did not feature in the list of the country’s star Indian Air Force bases.
- 28 Taliban, Other Militants Surrender To Afghan Govt (News International, Editorial, The News International, Nov 20, 2005)
Twenty-eight Taliban and militants surrendered to authorities in insurgency-hit Afghanistan on Saturday and renounced any anti-government activities, an intelligence official said
- Un: The Class Of 192 & Its Five Masters (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Nov 20, 2005)
One of the things the oil-for-food affair has brought to the surface is the UN’s identity problem. The fact is that it hasn’t got one.
- Softening Line Of Control (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Nov 20, 2005)
MUCH is being said, and made, of the moves to soften the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, and we are being asked to believe that they bear the promise of blissful consequences, social and political. Let us try to read between the lines and figure out the
- U.N. Team Slams U.S. On Guantanamo Bay Access (Hindu, Owen Bowcott and Bernard O Riordan, Nov 20, 2005)
Hundreds of detenus being held at the base without trial
- Donors Pledge $ 5.9 B For Quake Affected People (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam/Sharafat Kazmi , Nov 20, 2005)
The world community has so far made cumulative pledges of 5.827 billion dollars for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the quake hit areas and the amount is likely to rise further.
- ‘Sinister Design On Loc’-Kavita Suri. (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
For 27 years, Professor Zafar Khan has been mobilising support for the Kashmir issue at international fora.
- Iran: It's A.Q. Khan Network, Says Iaea (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 20, 2005)
As the countdown begins for the crucial meeting in Vienna next week, which will discuss Iran's nuclear programme, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a report that raises questions about Teheran's atomic programme.
- Donors Pledge $5.4 Billion In Aid To Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 20, 2005)
50 countries to raise money for rehabilitation of the 3.3 million people affected by the earthquake 50 countries to raise money for rehabilitation of the 3.3 million people affected by the earthquake
- An Introduction To Archives (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
If the average man on the street were asked why Governments establish archival institutions, he would probably ask, ''What are archives and what are archival institutions ?
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