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Articles 23221 through 23320 of 31829:
- Hurriyat Hopes For Border Crossings Soon (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Kashmir's main separatist alliance said on Wednesday it hoped that India and Pakistan would soon allow people in the divided region to cross the a heavily militarised frontier to help earthquake survivors.
- India Offers To Help Pakistan In Restoring Telecom Network Destroyed By Earthquake (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
India on Thursday offered to help Pakistan restore telecommunication networks in quake-devastated areas,
- Alarm Bells Ring For Pakistan Quake Survivors (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 21, 2005)
Alarm mounted across the world on Friday for an estimated 2 million survivors of the Pakistan earthquake still awaiting help two weeks after their world collapsed, with a freezing winter looming.
- Nanobombs To Blow Up Breast Cancer Tumors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Breast cancer tumors could be a thing of the past as a discovery made by an Indian-American professor moots blowing up the carcinogenic lumps to pieces using tiny bombs developed by nanotechnology.
- Earthquake Puts State, Central Governments On Test (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Oct 21, 2005)
A simile can be drawn between the falls of the Berlin Wall and the divided Kashmir, which has been united by the recent earthquake. The difference being that the collapse of the Berlin Wall united the East and West Germany and didn't entail loss of ...
- Pakistan Says India Turned Down Its Idea Of Opening Kashmir Boundary For Quake Relief (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Pakistan on Thursday said India had turned down its suggestion to allow civilians to cross the boundary of divided Kashmir to help each other in quake reconstruction efforts.
- Beyond This Moment Of Self-Discovery (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Oct 21, 2005)
Humanity, after all, is not dead. The way ordinary citizens have volunteered their time and resources to support the country’s largest-ever relief operation in parts of the quake-stricken Frontier and Azad Kashmir leaves one with courage and confidence.
- Sri Lanka Beefs Up Security Ahead Of Election (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Sri Lanka beefed up security for the island's two main presidential candidates on Thursday, mindful of a Tamil Tiger suicide bombing that nearly killed outgoing President Chandrika Kumaratunga ahead of her re-election in 1999.
- Nature’S Fury, Man’S Villainy (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 21, 2005)
IN the midst of the grave tragedy of the South Asian earthquake it is once again becoming clear that human contribution to aggravating a natural calamity can be shocking beyond words.
- Birdflu Worries Dog Asian Stocks, But No Panic Yet (Reuters, Ian Chua, Oct 21, 2005)
The threat of avian flu has cast a shadow over Asian stock markets but has yet to rekindle fears of the same magnitude that led to sell-offs in China and Hong Kong in early 2003 when SARS hit.
- India To Be Key Player In Knowledge Process Outsourcing (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
After success in business process outsourcing (BPO),
- Danger Of Lethal Bird Flu (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 21, 2005)
Europe has scrambled to contain the bird flu virus as the danger of global outbreak of potentially lethal avian influenza has mounted with detection of the virus cases in Siberia, Romania, Greece and Turkey.
- The Columbus Debate (Dawn, Sam Wineburg, Oct 21, 2005)
These days, a good word about Christopher Columbus is about as rare as an insult was 100 years ago.
- Un Warns Of Winter Death Wave In Quake-Hit Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
The UN also sought special aid from the international community to help quake victims brave the Himalayan winter.
- India-U.S. Deal: Negotiating The Nuclear Fine Print (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 21, 2005)
India needs to play its hand carefully on sequencing, separation, and safeguards.
- No Action On U.S.-India Deal By Nuclear-Supply Group (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Oct 21, 2005)
Key nuclear-supplier nations have put off action on a U.S. proposal to lift restraints on transferring nuclear technology to India, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
- India, U.S. In For Tough Negotiations On Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Oct 21, 2005)
A top U.S. official arrives in India on Thursday to push a landmark nuclear deal between the two nations, but the talks face likely hurdles over New Delhi's need for fresh reassurances from Washington.
- Pm Assures Funds For Armed Forces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
If the Indian economy grows at eight per cent per annum it will not be difficult to allocate three per cent of the GDP to the national defence, says the PM.
- Far-Sighted Ruling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 21, 2005)
Public interest has reigned supreme in the eye of the court
- Why Wait For Others, Do It Yourself (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Why wait for others, do it yourself
- Economic Impact Of The Disaster (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Oct 21, 2005)
In a fleeting moment of nature’s anger, lives and properties worth billions were wiped out on October 8.
- Bold Initiative Towards Indo-Us Partnership (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 21, 2005)
US Undersecretary Nicholas Burns is to have discussions with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today to discuss the implementation schedule for mutual commitments under the civil nuclear agreement.
- Quake Death Toll Rises Further (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
THE Federal Relief Commissioner, Maj Gen Farooq Ahmed has said that death toll in October 8 earthquake has risen to 47,723 with access to more devastated areas. At his Press briefing on Wednesday, he feared that the casualty figure may rise further in the
- Does India Have A World-View? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 21, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State Nick Burns is in New Delhi at an important period in the context of the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear co-operation.
- Army Modernisation Drive Will Go On: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
"Demand to peg defence expenditure will be considered"
- The Void In Mumbai’S Heart (Indian Express, MILIND DEORA, Oct 21, 2005)
The Bombay High Court’s recent judgment on Mumbai’s mill lands has sparked off a serious debate on how Mumbai should be developed.
- "Judicial Activism Is A Misnomer" (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 21, 2005)
Y.K. Sabharwal, who will become the 36th Chief Justice of India on November 1, has the reputation of being a fearless Judge. He takes over at a time when the judiciary as an institution is attracting close scrutiny.
- Iran Has Imposed Trade Embargo On Britain? (Hindu, Robert Tait and Ewen MacAskill, Oct 21, 2005)
Teheran's move follows U.K.'s stand on nuclear programme
- Fears Of Irregularities In Constitution Vote (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 21, 2005)
Figures are a matter of concern, says official
- Graft: Pinochet Stripped Of Immunity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
The Supreme Court has stripped the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, of immunity from prosecution for corruption charges related to his multimillion-dollar bank accounts overseas.
- The War On Terror And Medical Ethics (Hindu, Meena Menon, Oct 21, 2005)
The happenings at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay have served to draw attention to the need for stern action against doctors who violate ethical codes.
- A Fountainhead Of Inspiration For Police (Hindu, A. Subramani , Oct 21, 2005)
Thousands undertake pilgrimage to the khaki memorial in the Himalayas
- Un-Bundle The Net (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 21, 2005)
THE Internet is seen as an autonomous entity, without any governmental administration.
- Defiant Dictator (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 21, 2005)
THE much-awaited trial of former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein has begun with the whole world watching it with a lot of curiosity.
- Journey Of Jihad (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Oct 21, 2005)
Who fights a so-called holy war in the midst of a natural disaster? What place does ideological warfare — presumably the impetus for Tuesday’s assassination of a J&K minister
- In A New Court (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2005)
Histrionics are an important part of a dictator’s equipment. So even during his appearance in the courtroom for the first time for his trial, Mr Saddam Hussein sought to be dramatic, striving to create the larger-than-life figure of a hero unvanquished...
- Black Monday Revisited (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 21, 2005)
The 1987 stock market crash was not followed by any Depression, as in 1929. That the market recovered quickly was attributed to the assurance of the Federal Reserve that it would stand by for any rescue act in case the payment mechanism broke down.
- Conservative Wisdom (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 21, 2005)
As a political creed, Conservatism, with a capital C, is naturally nation-specific. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and even Lee Kuan Yew may inspire Conservatives across national boundaries but, at the end of the day,
- Indian Army Must Gird Up For Global Role: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday called upon the armed forces to prepare for a multi-polar world in which India, despite an unstable neighbourhood, would be a centre of power.
- The Difference Between India And Pakistan (Rediff on the Net, VIJAY DANDAPANI, Oct 20, 2005)
If India builds the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry.
- India Bags Cisco’S $1.1 Bn-Deal (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Cisco Systems Inc., the world's largest Internet equipment maker, plans to invest $1.1 billion in India over the next three years, its president said on Wednesday, marking its largest investment outside the United States.
- Cisco Systems To Invest $1.1 B In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
The company, which plans to invest in start-ups would be allocating US$100 million to Cisco System Capital to undertake these activities.
- Poor Countries Need Protections For Farmers - India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
India and other developing countries with large numbers of subsistence farmers must be allowed to maintain high agricultural tariffs in any new world trade deal, an Indian official said on Wednesday.
- No Action On Us-India Deal By Nuclear-Supply Group (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Oct 20, 2005)
Key nuclear-supplier nations have put off action on a U.S. proposal to lift restraints on transferring nuclear technology to India, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
- India's Iaea Vote Helped Gain Support For Nuclear Deal, Says Us Official (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
On the eve of his visit to New Delhi, US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns has said that with India voting in favour of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] resolution on Iran's nuclear programme,
- Hurriyat Hopes For Border Crossings Soon (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Kashmir's main separatist alliance said on Wednesday it hoped that India and Pakistan would soon allow people in the divided region to cross the a heavily militarised frontier to help earthquake survivors.
- The Rise And Fall Of A Nation Called Muslims -Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 20, 2005)
They once witnessed a period of great glory and grandeur. History had an ugly turn and it was all different.
- Balancing Act In Geneva (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 20, 2005)
The prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh's suggestion that the country's negotiators in Geneva — working on a draft declaration acceptable to all parties for the December Hong Kong ministerial of the World Trade Organisation — should adopt a balanced approach
- Pakistan's Intransigent Response To India's Offer (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Oct 20, 2005)
In this hour of the grave tragedy that has struck PoK and other parts of Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan's refusal to accept Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's humanitarian offer of joint efforts to provide relief to the suffering people of the state, . . .
- Earthquake Fall-Out: (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 20, 2005)
A silver lining in the thick dust caused by unprecedented earthquake in our vicinity is that it has once again drawn the global attention towards safe housing for everybody.
- China’S Growth To Hit Environment (Tribune, Michael McCarthy, Oct 20, 2005)
Western politicians queue up to sing its praises. Economists regard it with awe and delight.
- Beware The Backlash (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Oct 20, 2005)
Economist Paul Krugman warned recently that free trade liberals have to fear a likely backlash from American labour. Faced with further cuts in the already stagnant hourly wage-rates, under competitive pressure, and seeing the executives continuing . . .
- It’S Everyone’S Fight (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 20, 2005)
The fourth anniversary of 9/11 has passed amidst fresh threats by Al-Qaeda in an eleven minute video tape which was telecast by all major satellite television news channels.
- Where Reason And Religion Clash (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Oct 20, 2005)
An American raised an interesting question in Dawn’s letters column (Oct 11). Hurt by remarks from “Muslims worldwide” who saw a relationship between the Katrina disaster and America’s war on Iraq, Steve Elisha, from Colorado Springs, Co., asked whether
- Favouring The Goddess (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 20, 2005)
My NRI cousin from New York, Dilip, is a natural born American citizen.
- After The Verdict By Subroto Roy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 20, 2005)
The last and only time a Head of State of India “resigned” was when Edward VIII (uncle of the present Queen of England) abdicated in 1936 because he wished to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, and the British Government under Stanley Ba
- Managing Long-Term Recovery (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 20, 2005)
What are the long-term consequences of natural disasters? John Stuart Mill, the great 19th century English economist and philosopher and the author of a classic work on economics, made some prescient observations on the long-term effects of natural disast
- Mitrokhin’S Revelations (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
Vasily Mitrokhin, who died in 2004, was a KGB operative, who worked in the intelligence agency’s archives from 1956 to 1985. He copied documents and defected to the West in 1992, just after the Soviet Union disintegrated.
- Pandemic Preparedness (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 20, 2005)
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta announced last week that they had reconstructed the genetic code of the flu virus that killed at least 50 million people in 1918.
- Serious Implications Of Loc Opening (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 20, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has offered to open the Line of Control to allow people on the other side join aid efforts in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir.
- India, Pakistan Restore Phone Links, To Open Border (Reuters, Faisal Aziz, Oct 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan gave hope to quake-hit Kashmiris on Wednesday by agreeing to open the border dividing the region for the first time in decades as aftershocks shook northern Pakistan.
- More Land Grab By Israel (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 20, 2005)
It is now becoming increasingly clear that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has no interest in the peace process.
- Defiant Saddam Pleads Not Guilty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
A defiant Saddam Hussein on Wednesday refused to give his name and challenged the legitimacy of the court, but then pleaded “not guilty” as he went on trial for crimes against humanity allegedly committed two decades ago.
- The Un-Stated Major Premise (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Oct 20, 2005)
U.S. opposition to Iran's nuclear programme is aimed at protecting Israel's interests.
- Prevailing Myths About Maths (Deccan Herald, Jagdish R Malhotra, Oct 20, 2005)
Age-old elitist prejudices against maths have made it appear unattainable to many and frustrating to others
- Journey Of Jihad (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Oct 20, 2005)
Who fights a so-called holy war in the midst of a natural disaster? What place does ideological warfare — presumably the impetus for Tuesday’s assassination of a J&K minister — have in a moment of humanitarian crisis? . . .
- Lawless Game (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
The arm of the law is not always long. Nor are all men equal before the law in Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s Bengal.
- Not A Zero Sum (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Oct 20, 2005)
Aumann and Schelling belong to different spectrums of game theorists
- Mitrokhin Archives — Politics In The Cold War Years (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
The more important question that arises from Vasily Mitrokhin's revelations is not whether any individual or political party received money from one or the other superpower, but whether their foreign links compromised national security and sovereignty.
- Deal With India Won't Weaken Non-Proliferation: Burns (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 20, 2005)
To ask Congress for legislative changes for civilian cooperation
Indian vote at IAEA meeting a "dramatic example"
U.S. to approach NSG allies to help India
Ties between two countries have transformed into "nascent strategic partnership"
- Quake Softens Loc, For Now (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf's offer to open the Line of Control so that relief can be provided to the victims of the October 8 earthquake and India's positive response have the potential to transform the situation on the ground.
- Price Of Oil Vs Consumer Welfare (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Oct 20, 2005)
The price of oil shows no signs of abating. A further increase in the price from the present $60 per barrel to $100 per barrel would not be altogether unexpected.
- Food For Thought (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2005)
Eradication of hunger should be on top of the global agenda
- Several Moderate Intensity Aftershocks Rattle J-K (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
A series of strong aftershocks jolted Jammu and Kashmir and parts administered by Pakistan today,
- Black Farce, Bleak Prospects (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 19, 2005)
The absence of a clear disaster-management plan has reduced earthquake victims to beggars.
- Pakistan Kashmiri Militants Back Border Opening (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
A Pakistan-based alliance of Kashmiri militants groups on Wednesday backed Islamabad's call for India to allow Kashmiris to cross the heavily militarised frontier in the divided region hit by a deadly earthquake.
- India, U.S. Sign Science And Technology Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Cooperation to be based on shared responsibilities, equitable contributions
Establishes framework for collaboration between organisations and individual scientists
Guidelines set for exchange of scientists, sharing of intellectual property rights
- U.S. Upbeat On Nuclear Deal With India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Oct 19, 2005)
The Bush administration is confident Congress will approve a sweeping new U.S. nuclear deal with India before a summit in early 2006, Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday.
- Iraqis Indifferent To Trial Of Saddam Hussein (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Oct 19, 2005)
Sunnis see the prosecution by "kangaroo court" as a Shia stratagem
- A Barrier India Is Yet To Overcome (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Corruption is one barrier that India still finds impossible to overcome. Ranked the 88th most corrupt country of a total of 159 surveyed by Transparency International, even the tiny island nation of Sri Lanka and poor African countries Ghana and Rwanda...
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