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Articles 21821 through 21920 of 31829:
- Long March To A Narcostate-Jeremy Seabrook (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
In the 2005 UN Human Development Index, Afghanistan stands 175th out of 177 countries. Less than 30 per cent of the population is literate, and life expectancy is below 45 years.
- Spice Of Life -Footprints (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
ONCE upon a time in old Punjab there thrived one of the oldest and most universal of human crimes:
- Communists In India Keeps Pressure Up - India Quietly Reshuffles Cabinet Ahead Of Crucial U.N. Iran Vote (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 20, 2005)
India is quietly changings its position on Iranian nuke issues.
- White Terror -Calls For Condemnation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 20, 2005)
Revolting indeed is the torture to which detainees were subjected by their own security forces (another Shia-Sunni confrontation?) in a cramped bunker in Baghdad,
- A New Kind Of Terrorist Arrives (Pioneer, BASHIR MANZAR, Nov 19, 2005)
Tariq Dar's arrest on suspicion of involvement in the Delhi blasts has confirmed that an intertional trend of educated youth being attracted to Islamic terror has arrived in India. BASHIR MANZAR fears this may be the dawn of a new era.
- Which Way India? (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
Disclosures about India in the Volcker Committee report have generated a political storm affecting Indian foreign policy as well as party politics at home.
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bn Nigeria Offshore Field (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) 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, sources said on Friday.
- Rajapakse Elected President (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Nov 19, 2005)
Defeats Wickremesinghe by a margin of 1.8-lakh votes, calls it a victory for peace
- It’S Not Just About Skills (Deccan Herald, DAVID BROOKS, Nov 19, 2005)
Skills and knowledge only form the base component of human capital
- Suicide Bombers Kill 77 At Iraqi Shi'ite Mosques (Reuters, Faris al Mehdawi, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives killed 77 people and reduced two crowded Shi'ite mosques to rubble during Friday prayers in a northeastern Iraq town, deepening the country's sectarian conflict
- Daunting Tasks Ahead For Rajapakse (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance, who has scraped through one of the closest elections...
- Glaxo Starts Development Of New Drugs And New Test Centers In India, South Asia (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Nov 19, 2005)
Glaxo plans to open six centres on the Indian subcontinent to test promising products such as Lapatinib for breast cancer and Cervarixits,
- Iran’S A Q Khan Link Up On Vienna Radar (Indian Express, DAVID E SANGER, Nov 19, 2005)
US President George Bush told President Vladimir V. Putin today that the United States was willing to accept a nuclear compromise—rejected by Tehran in recent days—that would move all of Iran’s enrichment of uranium to Russia.
- Open Borders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Palestinians in Gaza will now have access to the world outside
- Suicide Bombers Kill 74 In Iraq Mosques (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Two suicide bombers killed at least 74 people when they blew themselves up inside two crowded Shi'ite mosques in the northeastern Iraqi town of Khanaqin on Friday, police said
- Don’T Bridge The Persian Gulf (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Nov 19, 2005)
Don’t bridge the Persian Gulf
Why show solidarity with Iran in the name of non-alignment when India has always opposed the NAM consensus on nuclear issues?
- Nato’S Changing Role (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Nov 19, 2005)
The earthquake that hit Pakistan’s northern areas and Azad Kashmir on October 8 has left in its trail death and destruction on an unprecedented scale. The physical landscape of the affected area has undergone a dramatic change that will have major . . .
- Our Own Grey Zone (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Nov 19, 2005)
Naxalites capture and torture, sometimes on camera, those they perceive to be enemies of the people. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says he will take up human rights violations by security forces in Kashmir with the National Human Rights Commission.
- Overzealous Central Bankers To Curb Growth (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 19, 2005)
Recent US economic data should assuage the Federal Reserve.
- Ongc Bids For $1 Bn Oil Field (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is bidding for a stake in Nigerian offshore field with an estimated value of $1 billion as it aims to boost its overseas energy reserves, a person familiar with the situation said on Friday.
- The Price Of `Fee' Ill-Defined (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on the taxability of fees for technical services to non-residents
- Iran Hands Over Suspected Atom Bomb Blueprint To Iaea (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Iran has handed over a document which describes how to make what could be the explosive core of an atom bomb, the UN atomic agency said in a report on Friday, adding that its inspectors were being blocked from crucial military sites.
- Reality Bites After Annan Surveys Scenes From Hell (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 19, 2005)
UN chief flays ‘weak’ world response; says UN wants to maintain long-term contact for reconstruction; Musharraf promises transparency in relief, rehabilitation
- Reviving The Iraqi Army (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 19, 2005)
The iraqi government this month belatedly got around to reversing one of the worst errors of the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran the country after the invasion:
- Expenditure Cuts Can Meet Relief Cost (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Nov 19, 2005)
November 19 will go down as an discomforting day in the country’s history. It is a day on which General Musharraf and his prime minister will ask invited delegations from over 70 countries and international organizations to fill the country’s kashkol.
- The Earthquake And Its Lessons (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Nov 19, 2005)
The earthquake that hit Pakistan’s northern areas and Azad Kashmir on October 8 has left in its trail death and destruction on an unprecedented scale. The physical landscape of the affected area has undergone a dramatic change that will have major . . .
- No Copycats, Please (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 19, 2005)
The government’s proposal to set up strategic reserves of oil and gas is based more on a herd mentality than sound principles. Consider. The fundamental premise for setting up the reserves is that in times of supply disruption or high crude oil prices,
- Gats' Mode 4 Rule — Imperative That India Takes Firm Stand (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 19, 2005)
The significance of Mode 4 inheres in the fact that its scope is not restricted to the IT sector alone and it holds immense potential with regard to a range of activities that have `knowledge' in common: Finance, accountancy, health services, consultancy,
- The Answer Lies Somewhere Between Conversation And Chocolate (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 19, 2005)
When Kellogg India Private Ltd went to the Bombay High Court recently, with the Excise Department in and `Chocos' in tow, the dispute was not about sharing of the crispy eats. It was about the classification of the company's product — whether under 1904.1
- I Knew About Oil Surcharge In July 2002, Says Ram Naik (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 19, 2005)
Demands change of the terms of reference for the Pathak Authority
- Centre, State Discuss Regional Air Services (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Karnataka and other state governments are in talks with the Ministry of Civil Aviation on intra-state air connectivity, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel said on Friday.
- An Extravaganza Of Epic Proportions (Deccan Herald, Shiva Kumar N D, Nov 19, 2005)
Director and Principal of the International Centre for Kathakali, New Delhi, Balakrishanan was in the City with his 17-member troupe to perform at the Mahabharata Utsav being held at the National College Grounds.
- Terrible Husband, Bad Father (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Underworld gangster Abu Salem's first wife, Samira Jumani, says her ex-husband is a "psycho", that he became frightened after the 1993 Mumbai blasts,
- Iran Begins Processing Second Batch Of Uranium (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 19, 2005)
Teheran move may complicate the issue at Vienna meet
- 55 Killed In Suicide Attack On Mosques (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 19, 2005)
Baghdad apartment collapses after car bombs explode outside prominent hotel nearby; six killed
- Iraq Dogs Bush As He Crosses Asia (Hindu, DAVID E. SANGER, Nov 19, 2005)
The U.S. President and his aides are busy trying to justify the war on Iraq.
- Human Rights, Tibet, Taiwan To Figure In Bush-Hu Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Three hyper-sensitive issues to China - human rights, Taiwan and Tibet - will be high on the agenda of U.S. President George W Bush when he arrives here tomorrow for a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao to stabilise their complex relations which are
- Us Casualties Mounting In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 19, 2005)
Six us soldiers were killed in bombing incidents in different parts of Iraq on Thursday. This was the second major number of US casualties in one day in recent months.
- Investment Demand From Rest Of The World Has Gone Up Considerably - India Started Struggling For Fii (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Nov 19, 2005)
FII inflows increased to US$8.2 billion till now this year from an aggregate US $8.4 billion in the whole of 2004.
- 25 Pak Prisoners Repatriated (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
In a goodwill gesture, the centre today repatriated 25 Pakistani civilian prisoners, including hardcore terrorists, who had completed their sentence, with one of the ultras saying he might resume the "jehad" against the US or Afghanistan.
- Newsmaker - Sri Lanka Pm's Gamble On Marxist Allies Pays Off (Reuters, Kesara Abeywardena, Nov 19, 2005)
Mahinda Rajapakse staked his bid for the Sri Lankan presidency on pacts with hardline Marxists and Sinhalese nationalists opposed to the island's Tamil Tigers. On Friday the prime minister's gamble paid off.
- Iraqi Sunnis Accuse Shia Militia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Iraqi Sunnis accuse Shia militia
Mr Dhari's accusations add fuel to the sectarian conflict, say observers
A senior Sunni leader in Iraq has accused the militia of an influential Shia party of killing Sunni clerics.
- Exclusive - Nepal Rebels Seen Ready To Accept Democracy (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Nov 19, 2005)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are ready to accept multiparty democracy, stop terrorising civilians and return to the political mainstream of the revolt-torn country, a top Nepali politician said on Friday.
- Natwar Singh & Dance (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Nov 19, 2005)
When you are a member of a choir, you must sing the same tune as the others. If you decide to sing your own tune, you create disharmony and must leave on your own or be thrown out by the conductor of the orchestra.
- Feature - India Seeks Novel Ways To Tackle Aids (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Nov 19, 2005)
Lounging in a food shack next to a dusty highway, truck driver Manoj grins as he talks about having sex with prostitutes.
- Worried India Says To Get Bird Flu Drug In January (Reuters, Nitin Luthra, Nov 19, 2005)
India expects to receive its first batch of anti bird-flu drug Tamiflu from Swiss manufacturer Roche Holding AG in January, a government official said on Friday.
- Natwar Singh's Name Not In "Original List" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Minister's name was first added by CIA-run survey group
The list was based on the documents leaked to al-Mada
Allegations totally escaped the attention of the Indian embassy in Washington
- "Freedom Lifeblood Of Digital Revolution" (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Nov 19, 2005)
The Tunis summit of the Information Society has put the bigger users and developed nations on alert that the Net is not anyone's personal property.
- Jehanabad Raid (Tribune, P.V. Ramana, Nov 19, 2005)
The Jehanabad raid by Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), or CPI-Maoist, in south Bihar, on November 13 which is also being termed as Operation Jailbreak, is important for many reasons.
- Iran Gives U.N. Paper Diplomats Call Atom Bomb Outline (Reuters, Mark Heinrich and Francois Murphy, Nov 19, 2005)
Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it received a black-market document with partial instructions for making the core of a nuclear bomb, diplomats said on Friday
- A U.S.-Japan Equation To Counter China (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 19, 2005)
The move by the U.S. and Japan to strike a "joint-operations posture" is a qualitatively new feature of the East Asian security landscape. For China and others, this is an emerging reality to reckon with.
- Communists In India Keeps Pressure Up - India Quietly Reshuffles Cabinet Ahead Of Crucial U.N. Iran Vote (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
India is quietly changings its position on Iranian nuke issues.
- Evidence On Mayan Collapse Unearthed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 19, 2005)
A team of archeologists has uncovered evidence of a 1,200-year-old massacre in Guatemala that could provide vital clues to one of the enduring mysteries of central American history — the precipitous collapse of the once glorious Maya . . .
- A Long Wait (Statesman, Bijay Sankar Bora, Nov 19, 2005)
Over 40,000 victims of a bloodbath and arson let loose by militants from the UPDS and DHD in Assam’s Karbi Anglong hill district still live in relief camps, unsure about their future and wary of the fast approaching winter as there have been . . .
- Twin Blasts Target Iraq Mosques, 74 Dead (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Suicide bombers killed 74 worshippers at two mosques in eastern Iraq today while in Baghdad two car bombs targeted a hotel housing foreign journalists and killed eight Iraqis.
- Bihar Cop Accuses Dgp Of Slur Campaign (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Additional DGP Police (Bihar Military Police), Mr Manoje Nath, who didn’t allow RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin to stay at a guest house here after his arrest, has accused the Bihar DGP,
- Japan And Russia -By Dmitry Kosyrev (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Only a month ago, it seemed that Russia was the only regional country to maintain good relations with Japan, as compared with recently revived animosity toward that country on the part of Beijing and Seoul.
- Beijing's Big Bang (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Nov 19, 2005)
India and aspiring global player, one which would love to be seen among the first ten, if not five. Its voice always heard as long as it is not opposed to that of the sole super power.
- Mekong Lesson Ii (Statesman, Pradip Phanjoubam, Nov 19, 2005)
The mud brown, rough waters of the mighty Mekong river have been tamed somewhat. It is today navigable for a greater part of its length of over 4,000 km, giving livelihood and hope to the population along it in six nations of the Greater Mekong Subregion
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Nov 19, 2005)
Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh making light of the "reciprocity" argument on the US-India nuclear deal, seeming to indicate that the US interpretation of the roadmap was for a domestic constituency, US ambassador David Mulford on November 14 . . .
- New Thinking On Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 19, 2005)
Solution begins from where occupation comes to an end
- Too Little, Too Late-Darjeeling Cries Out For Assertive Action (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
It is Darjeeling’s misfortune that the authorities have woken up to the mess inexcusably late in the day and after incalculable damage has been caused to the hills by successive landslides and earthquakes.
- Devalued Ph.Ds (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 18, 2005)
There was once a time when award of a Ph.D. was a special honour worthy of being reported in bold headlines in newspapers. Nowadays Indian universities are churning out Ph.Ds by the thousands every year in every conceivable discipline.
- Icici Bank Issue Has Quota For Japanese (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Following in the footsteps of information technology major Infosys, India’s second largest commercial bank ICICI Bank will have a Japanese public offer in its proposed American depository shares (ADS) issue.
- Un Asked To Secure Volcker Papers (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
As a question mark hangs over the future of the thousands of documents collected by the Paul Volcker committee on the Iraq oil-for-food scam, the United States has urged the United Nations to intervene and preserve the entire data for follow-up action....
- Bush, Roh Warn Dprk On Nuclear Plan (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 18, 2005)
United States President George W. Bush and his South Korean counterpart, Roh Moo-hyun, on Thursday signalled that they would "not tolerate" a nuclear-armed Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- New Cures For An Old Fever (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
As an infectious disease that affects two million people in India annually, malaria continues to be a significant public health challenge. India has a much lower death rate from malaria than Africa, where nearly a million children die of the infection...
- Least Polluting Countries Will Be Hit The Hardest (Hindu, Ian Sample , Nov 18, 2005)
The change in climate will exacerbate the problems poor countries face from disease, because bacteria spread more rapidly causing greater contamination of food and water.
- Bush's Problem With History (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Nov 18, 2005)
One year ago, after his re-election, President Bush brashly asserted: "I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style."
- Dy Mayor, 14 Others Held In Belgaum (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
The MES leader said resolutions urging the govt to effect the merger have been passed by gram panchayats in Belgaum district.
- Japan's New Nationalism Threatens Asian Cold War (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Nov 18, 2005)
The past year might be described as the moment of China's rise. Of course its rise long predates these years, but this fact has suddenly been recognised worldwide, well beyond the global elite. It is now part of the popular common sense, ...
- Earthquake Disaster Management (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kalla, Nov 18, 2005)
It was my first experience to witness how relief was distributed to the victims of earthquake and steps were taken for their rehabilitation in Uri, where I visited twice.
- Sebi Plans To Streamline Ipo Norms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Securities and Exchange Board of India will shortly revise norms for public offers and unveil a slew of products for secondary and derivative markets.
- Looking Over The Hedge (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Nov 18, 2005)
The systemic risk caused by hedge funds whose operations are "private" and unregulated is rising. This should cause as much worry for the IMF as for India, where hedge funds have made their entry through participatory notes.
- Us, S Korea For Treaty Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
The presidents of the United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday that talks should be held on replacing the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War with a peace treaty.
- Skewed Priority (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 18, 2005)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has drawn attention to the inadequate attention given to the elimination of tropical diseases. It has identified five tropical diseases
- Issues Before The Ministerial (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Nov 18, 2005)
The WTO talks will focus on agricultural subsidies and services. There may be some surprises at the last moment
- Us, Muslims And Democracy (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 18, 2005)
American officials must recognise the contradiction in their simultaneous support for democracy and dictatorial Muslim regimes.
- Nepal Oppn, Maoists Hold Delhi Durbar (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Nov 18, 2005)
Leaders of major Nepali Opposition parties are reportedly holding parleys with representatives of the banned Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in New Delhi, sources said.
- A Bomb Too Many (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 18, 2005)
The attitude of the Indian left to the Iran question is suspect
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