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- Cia's 'Black Sites' Breed More Evil (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Nov 04, 2005)
The US has exclusive facilities across the world to interrogate militants ... al-Tamara detention center, eight kilometers out of Rabat in Morocco, houses dozens of people arrested in Pakistan, while others are kept in Egypt, Thailand, Saudi Arabia . . .
- On A Common Plane (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 04, 2005)
Yet, today, thanks to very strange circumstances, Singh and Galloway find themselves in the same boat.
- Paris Riots (Dawn, Dr Fazlur Rahman, Nov 04, 2005)
Fasting is prescribed to you so that you may achieve Taqwa, says the Quran (2:183).
- An Indian Church-Mario Rodrigues (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 04, 2005)
A conclave of priests and bishops at the Papal Seminary in Pune last week called for the renewed “Indianisation” of the Catholic Church and the adoption of Hindu rituals, including aarti during Mass, studying Sanskrit and the Vedas, experiencing . . .
- Ramazan And Eid Message (Dawn, Dr Fazlur Rahman, Nov 04, 2005)
Fasting is prescribed to you so that you may achieve Taqwa, says the Quran (2:183). Taqwa is thus the ultimate aim of fasting.
- Quake: The Challenge Ahead (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Nov 04, 2005)
GARHI DOPATTA used to be a bucolic village near Muzaffarabad where its simple mountain-folk lived by breeding livestock and growing subsistence grain.
- Pakistanis In Guantanamo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 04, 2005)
Pakistan may be an important ally of Washington in its war on terror, but surely officials in Islamabad should be demonstrating some concern for the welfare of Pakistani prisoners currently detained at America’s notorious prison camp for suspected . . . .
- Flood Of Promises (Statesman, Editorial, Asian Times, Nov 04, 2005)
It can be asked why the district administration, the police, the district unit of the party and perhaps social organisations have to be mobilised for a visit by the chief minister to a disaster zone when the task ought to be cut out for them the . . . .
- In The Spirit Of Ramazan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 04, 2005)
The essence and sanctity of Eid-ul-Fitr following the sacred month of Ramazan remains supreme; sadly, it coincides this year with the shattering aftermath of the calamity of October 8
- Inside The Bunker Of President Bush (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Nov 04, 2005)
ONE YEAR after his re-election, President Bush governs from a bunker. "We go forward with complete confidence," he proclaimed in his second inaugural address.
- Boosting Export Of Horticultural Product (Daily Excelsior, Som Dutt, Nov 04, 2005)
Horticulture sector, consisting a number of low -volume, high-value commercial crops, is of pivotal importance for increasing our export manifold. Playing a significant role in the Indian economy, horticulture sector fetches huge amount of foreign . . .
- Villain Makes Way For “Cool” Baddie (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Nov 04, 2005)
In 1990s, Quetin Tarantino radicalised the face of the villain in Hollywood by introducing the character of Vinny, played by John Travolta, in his film Pulp Fiction.
- Mukhtaran Tells Her Story (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 04, 2005)
AS feared, Mukhtaran Mai, the much-talked-about rape victim, is, nowadays, telling her story at different platforms and to different quarters in the United States. Her meetings with American officials and tales being narrated during interaction with . . .
- The Doctrine Of "National Interest" (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Nov 04, 2005)
The current turmoil reflects a real divide within the country on core issues of national interest. It needs to be addressed.
- Keep Bigots Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 04, 2005)
The incident of an American woman being thrown out of a Hindu temple in Orissa can be seen in two ways.
- Poland's Patriotic Tartars (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
The spirit of Genghiz Khan, the leader of the Tartars who swept into Europe at the end of the 14th century, is still present in a little Polish village.
- Terrorists Strike Again (Daily Excelsior, Dr Shabir Choudhry, Nov 04, 2005)
As if death and destruction which resulted after the earthquake was not enough, evil minded people also decided to add to misery and suffering of the people of South Asia.
- In Search Of Tents & Medicines (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 04, 2005)
Reports suggest that a significant proportion of the tents, especially those locally made, put up in the ‘tent cities’ are not only inadequate in terms of numbers but will not be able to stand up to the severe winter just round the corner.
- Volcker Report (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2005)
Three weeks ahead of the winter session of Parliament, political temperature is rising in the Capital and those whose job is to make things easy for the government seem to be finding their task difficult.
- Time Of Troubles For Bush Administration (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 04, 2005)
A grand jury indictment of I. Lewis Libby, chief of staff to the United States Vice-President Dick Cheney, has dealt a serious blow to the Bush administration.
- India Denies Pakistani Diplomat Was Harassed (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 04, 2005)
India on Thursday dismissed Pakistani protests that one of its staffers at the Pakistan High Commission was harassed by the police or intelligence agencies.
- Take It At Face Value (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 04, 2005)
Tips for evolution: make-up is a pack of lies; and take a pretty face at, what else, face value.
- Ccs Holds Unscheduled Meeting To Discuss Indo-Us Exercise (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
An unscheduled meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security was held here late tonight apparently to discuss the Left parties' decision to lay a siege of Kalaikunda air base in West Bengal where air forces of India and the US would hold joint military...
- Feature - Rival Tech Towns May Outrun Bangalore (Reuters, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Nov 04, 2005)
There's a punchline going around in India's high-tech capital: Bangalore may be Bangalored.
- State Archives Records Under Water (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Nov 04, 2005)
1,000 documents are being dried
The hall leading to the chambers of the chief of the State Archives and Historical Research department looks unusual. Some pages of a 92-year-old letter written by the Secretary,Political Department of the then Madras Govt
- Icici Bank Plans Shares At Discount (Press Trust of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 04, 2005)
Bank to raise Rs 5,000 cr in Nov from domestic market
- Forgotten Children Of The French Republic" (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 04, 2005)
The bubbling cauldron of discontent in Paris' run-down, high-rise suburban slums, home to the dispossessed, has finally overflowed.
- Raising More Funds For Reconstruction (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 03, 2005)
DONORS at the UN-sponsored international conference in Geneva held last week have pledged far less funds for providing relief and shelter to the October 8 earthquake victims than what Pakistan had expected.
- Live And Let Die (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2005)
The aftermath of the bomb blasts in the heart of India’s capital has followed a contradictory if disturbing pattern.
- Pak Asks India To Share Evidence In Blasts’ Probe (Pakistan Observer, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 03, 2005)
Islamabad—Pakistan has once again asked India to share evidence, if any, about Pakistan’s involvement in Delhi bomb blasts and it will take action against those found responsible.
- After Alan Greenspan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2005)
CONFRONTED with the nomination of a new Federal Reserve chairman, financial markets didn’t panic.
- Global Response To The Call (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Nov 03, 2005)
THE devastation caused by the October 8 earthquake has no parallel in the history of our country.
- The Cia Bureaucracy (Dawn, David Ignatius, Nov 03, 2005)
THE most dangerous moment in any transition is halfway through, when the old structure is badly weakened but the new one isn’t yet strong enough to carry the load.
- Delhi Assured Of Action If Evidence Provided: Fo (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
President Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have expressed their resolve to continue with the peace process, foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told the weekly press briefing here on Wednesday.
- A Leak In The Basement (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2005)
IT was the leak that shook the world — and worse still — The New York Times.
- It’S Us V Us & Buddha’S Backing Off (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
With the CPI-M firing salvos against the UPA government for toeing Uncle Sam on Iran and holding joint exercises in Bengal between the IAF and the US Air Force, the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattcharjee, has put his FDI-hunting mission to the USA earl
- India Is Considering Demilitarisation: Fo (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 03, 2005)
Pakistan is optimistic that India is willing to consider Islamabad’s proposal for the demilitarisation of Kashmir, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
- Top Al Qaeda Suspect Escapes Top Al Qaeda Suspect Escapes (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
A top Al Qaeda suspect has recently escaped from a US-run detention facility in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials told reporters on Wednesday.
- Ibm Chief Makes Low-Key Visit (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
THE chief of Big Blue is in the country, quietly. As the Chairman & CEO of IBM, the largest global IT firm, Mr Samuel J. Palmisano, comes calling on India barely two weeks after the CEO of Cisco, Mr John Chambers, made his second visit in the recent times
- Oil Stains On A Minister (Indian Express, T V R Shenoy, Nov 03, 2005)
Mani Shankar Aiyar must be a very worried man. He may be in charge of the petroleum ministry but even fellow Congressmen joke, behind closed doors of course, that Natwar Singh is the ‘oil minister’!
- Monstrous Absurdity (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2005)
IT is an extraordinary statement that seems to scuttle the very basis of all peace plans and “processes” that have been launched over the years to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- A Challenge For Azad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2005)
THE bomb blast in Srinagar in which 10 people were killed on Wednesday is a grim reminder of the challenge facing the new Chief Minister.
- Feature - Indian Writers Open A New Page In Europe (Reuters, Sugita Katyal, Nov 03, 2005)
The Empire Writes Back. That's what the world said when a host of Indian authors writing in English burst upon the global literary scene more than a decade ago.
- U.S. To Resume Kashmir Relief Flights Despite Attack (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Nov 03, 2005)
The U.S. military said it was resuming helicopter relief flights in Pakistan's earthquake zone on Wednesday, even though it believed a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at one of the aircraft the previous day.
- Planning For Quake Recovery (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
THE October earthquake’s devastation of Azad Kashmir and parts of the Frontier province urgently requires realistic planning and effective implementation for alleviating victims’ misery and rebuilding their homes, businesses, villages and cities.
- Us Officials Defend Nuclear Pact With India Before Sen Comitt (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Nov 03, 2005)
Observing that the landmark nuclear agreement with India underscores the democracy's arrival as a "force in the world," top US officials have defended the pact, saying "the time is right" for such an accord and New Delhi could be trusted in the future wit
- Us Working Closely With India Against Terrorism: State Dept (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 03, 2005)
The United States is working closely with India and other countries to fight terrorism, a global scourge which transcends borders and religions, the State Department has said
- The Lashkar-E-Taiba, In Theory And Practice (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Nov 03, 2005)
Last week's bombings in New Delhi necessitate a clear understanding of what the terrorist group wants — and what it will do to achieve its ends.
- The Volcker Report And Troubling Issues (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2005)
The fifth and final report of the "Independent Inquiry Committee" on the "manipulation" by Iraq of the United Nations' Oil-For-Food Programme (OFFP)
- Bush Officials Oppose Amending India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Nov 03, 2005)
The Bush administration on Wednesday warned against efforts to impose new conditions on a controversial civilian nuclear power agreement with India saying such amendments would be "deal breakers."
- Why This Fear Of Dalit Freedom? (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 03, 2005)
Along with the prospects of upper castes, the problems of the lower castes too have got globalised
- Can Garlic Heal Your Pain? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 02, 2005)
It’s not good news for users of echinacea, black cohosh, and freeze-dried tissue from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel.
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 02, 2005)
Whose Congress is it?
Understanding the state of the nation
Ambika Soni, who personified a particular Congress culture under Sanjay Gandhi thirty years ago,
- Good Bye Or Good Riddance? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 02, 2005)
Why not? should be the question as we need to turn back and take a leaf from history. Kashmir deserves a relief from the agony it had been put through earlier. What they say a Good Bye can be a Good Riddance for others, Javed Iqbal Shah comments . . .
- Pay Less And Get Rich (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 02, 2005)
Experience shapes expectations. When India became free, it had behind it almost a century of economic stagnation under British rule. Growth itself seemed a matter of high ambition.
- Face It (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2005)
Refusing to face a problem is no way to solve it. Dhaka’s refusal to admit to the problem of illegal migration of Bangladeshis into India, therefore, raises suspicions about its motives.
- Why This Fear Of Dalit Freedom? (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 02, 2005)
Along with the prospects of upper castes, the problems of the lower castes too have got globalised
- Syria Escapes Economic Sanctions (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 02, 2005)
The United States has failed to push its plan of imposing economic sanctions against Syria due to the opposition by China, Russia and Algeria.
- So What Should We Do? (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Nov 02, 2005)
One marvels at the brazen audacity with which our twice-deposed prime ministers,
- Bush’S Troubled Presidency (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Nov 02, 2005)
While we in Pakistan have had our minds and energies focused, and quite rightly so, on the catastrophic earthquake and its fearsome consequences, the Americans and most of the rest of the world have been watching, some with glee and others with . . .
- Rosa’S Amazing Grace (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 02, 2005)
In the summer of 1990, Nelson Mandela, finally a free man after nearly three decades of incarceration, arrived in the United States of America.
- Off Track (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2005)
It is one thing to boast of an impressive railway network, but quite a different thing to look after thousands of miles of track.
- Education And Gats — What India Has To Offer (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Nov 01, 2005)
India's offer to WTO members in the area of higher education refers to the position taken by it on the limitations on market access under four modes. The problem, however, is not with GATS, since it is India that decides what to offer or not in terms.....
- Sanary Sur Mer (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Nov 01, 2005)
The port of Toulon nestles in a corner between Côte d’Azur and the peninsula of St Man-drier. It is not a very attractive city. But just across the peninsula to the west is a charming little port called Sanary sur Mer. Its promenade is like many . . .
- Arming The Hills (Telegraph, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 01, 2005)
Historically, communists have had more to fear from their comrades than from their enemies.
- Rectify Wrongs (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 01, 2005)
The accusation that Srinagar receives lesser funds as compared to other cities and towns of the state are not totally unfounded.
- Cross-Holding Between Ntpc And Bhel — A Solution To Many Problems (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Nov 01, 2005)
Perhaps all is not lost for the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, stymied from raising Rs 2,000 crore through the disinvestment in BHEL because of political compulsions.
- A Ministry Of National Security (Daily Excelsior, Maj Gen V K Madhok (Retired), Nov 01, 2005)
Three issues concerning India's secruity demand instant action. Threats which the country faces today (including natural disasters) or will face tomorrow?
- Tackling Disasters: Natural And Man-Made (Tribune, Gopal K. Piplani, Nov 01, 2005)
Tammy, Rita, Katrina, Emily, Dennis, the 40-plus Betsy or whatever. They are definitely not our bar girls, trying to migrate to the USA. They are the wicked Atlantic sisters.
- Why America Loves Manmohan (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 01, 2005)
US Under-Secretary for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns says that India and US both stand to gain by "knitting together our two nations in a dense web of healthy economic connections."
- Tear-Soaked Eid (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has taken a very pertinent decision in issuing directive to all concerned busy in relief and rehabilitation operation to remain on duty during Eid holidays.
- Volcker Based Conclusions On False Evidence: Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 01, 2005)
Documents shown to us were highly dubious or outright forged: Foreign Minister
No documented evidence for part of information
Voloshin's signature has been proved fake
Oil firm rejects charge
- Saving The Survivors (Dawn, Naeem Sarfraz, Nov 01, 2005)
An immense amount of goodwill has surfaced for the victims of the earthquake in northern Pakistan. An entire nation has rallied. But there is a fatal flaw in the ongoing relief operations.
- Apc Would Have Been Useful (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 01, 2005)
DUE to the lack of positive response from the main Opposition parties, the proposal of convening All Parties Conference (APC) for drawing strategy to meet the challenges in the wake of the massive death and destruction in Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division
- All The Liberals Can Do Is Gloat (Hindu, Gary Younge, Nov 01, 2005)
LIBERALS CALLED it "Fitzmas." And it was a long time coming. But even though it took almost two years for special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to make it down the chimney, it was worth the wait.
- Carnage And Consequences (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2005)
New Delhi's half-empty markets are evidence of just how much impact terrorism can have on audiences increasingly accustomed to images of carnage.
- Need For Welfare State (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Nov 01, 2005)
The marketisation of social sectors like health is disastrous. We need a welfare state and a vibrant community
- Judicial Activism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 01, 2005)
The Supreme Court needs to be complimented for the steps it has taken in recent weeks to protect the public interest.
- Coping With The Quake Calamity (Dawn, Dr Parvez Hasan, Nov 01, 2005)
The devastating earthquake that has caused horrendous loss of life, great human suffering,
- How Does It Happen? - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 01, 2005)
How does earth shake so violently, Syed Shah Nawaz Bukhari explains the scientific dimension of a natural disaster called Earthquake
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