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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Stalled Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 02, 2007)
There is a clear and wide gap between America's official and private reaction to the stalling of the Indo-US nuclear deal primarily because of domestic political discord in India and the reluctance of the Congress-led ruling coalition . . . . .
- We Will Not Be Intimidated: Pakistan Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court said on Thursday that it would not be intimidated by threats of martial law when it ruled on whether to validate President General Pervez Musharraf’s recent election victory.
- Suicide Attack On Pakistan Air Force Bus, Five Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying Pakistan Air Force personnel in north-eastern Punjab province on Thursday killing at least five persons and wounding 40 others.
- Why Things Go Amiss With Mysticism (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Nov 02, 2007)
Sri Chinmoy who died last month once wrote: “Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.
- Us, Left Govt Can Do Business: Kissinger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The high priest of the international strategic community, Henry Kissinger, believes that the growing intimacy between India and the US has nothing to do with China but is founded on the common belief that jihadist Islam must be contained.
- Newspaper Nurtures Art (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Tucked away in a narrow by lane off Triplicane High Road, the nondescript building doesn’t look like a newspaper office from the outside.
- Taliban Over-Run Afghan District, Several Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Taliban rebels overran a western Afghan district, sparking a fierce battle on Tuesday that left seven civilians and a policeman dead and 20 militants killed or wounded, officials said.
- Blog Critics Force Imam To Resign (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
An imam who was to become the new spiritual leader of Ohio's largest mosque resigned because of allegations by bloggers that he is anti-Semitic, he said.
- Row Over Saudi King's Visit To Uk (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Oct 31, 2007)
Pomp, ceremony and controversy has marked the start of king Abdullah's three-day visit to Britain, the first by a Saudi monarch in 20 years, with human rights protestors and leading British politicians denouncing the red carpet welcome. . .
- Turkey’S Kurdish Problem: Lessons For India (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 31, 2007)
Turkey’s Kurdish dilemma offers salutary lessons for strategic thinkers. It enables them to take a rare peep into the actual world of politics and the pitiless ravines of international diplomacy.
- Multiple Conflicts Bleed Pak Army (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Pakistani Army is "bleeding", and quite profusely at that, in its ongoing bloody skirmishes with extremists in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, with a "high" casualty rate as well as "unprecedented" levels of desertions . . . .
- Seven Killed In Blast Near Mush's Army Office (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Police blocked a suicide bomber who blew himself up near the office of President General Pervez Musharraf, killing seven people, officials said.
- Fresh Row Over Alleged Saudi Role In Uk Mosques (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The controversial State visit of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia prompted fresh criticism on Tuesday over his regime's alleged role in distributing hate literature in British mosques.
- Nitish-Lalu For Rainbow Combination In Bihar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
It seems to be the beginning of a new phase of social churning in Bihar with UP Chief Minister Mayawati as its idol.
- Deadly Delivery For General (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
A suicide attack killed at least seven people, including the bomber, less than a kilometre from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's army residence in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, police said.
- Lord Hameed Is Asian Of The Year (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Lord Khalid Hameed, who was honoured by India with a Padma Shri in 1992 for his contribution to medicine, was presented the Asian of the Year award on Monday night at a glittering ceremony that celebrated the many contributions of Asians to British life.
- Life Term For 8 In Eral Rape And Murder Case (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Oct 31, 2007)
A Godhra court on Tuesday sentenced eight persons to life term and three others to three-year rigorous imprisonment for the murder of seven Muslims at Eral village during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. The two women among the victims were also raped.
- Eight Get Life For Gujarat Massacre (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
An Indian court on Tuesday sentenced eight people to life in jail for their role in the massacre of Muslims during rioting in western Gujarat state five years ago, media reports said.
- ‘Cooperation With Nawaz Possible’ (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 31, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that cooperation with former Premier Nawaz Sharif is possible in the forth coming general election.
- Suicide Blast Near Musharraf Hq (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf survived yet another assassination attempt on Tuesday as a suicide attacker blew himself up at walking distance from Gen. Musharraf’s headquarters, Army House, in Rawalpindi.
- Nation Needs His Iron Will (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Oct 31, 2007)
We, as a nation, do not realise that great questions of the day are not settled by speeches and slogans but by sound and solid action.
- Afghanistan: No End In Sight (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Oct 31, 2007)
A COUPLE of days ago, the Nato defence ministers met in Noordwijk to hear impassioned pleas from the Americans and the British for a greater commitment of troops by their Nato allies in Afghanistan.
- A Matter Of Aesthetics (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Oct 31, 2007)
A PENCHANT for culture is visible at all levels of society, whether the individuals are rich or poor, enlightened or illiterate.
- State Power Vs Street Power (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
IN modern times, people’s power emerged most radically and effectively after the French Revolution in 1789 when a Parisian crowd demolished the Bastille in defiance of state oppression and ultimately ended the rule of the Bourbon dynasty by executing the
- Pervez Safe In Office, Attack Kills 7 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Police blocked a suicide bomber who blew himself up near the office of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, killing seven people, officials said.
- Lessons Of Hate At Uk Mosques (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Hate-filled books calling for the execution of gays, forbidding interfaith marriage and ordering women to strictly stay indoors are being sold inside some of Britain's leading mosques, it has been revealed.
- Special Article (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 31, 2007)
Once Sardar Patel was asked what he thought was the most satisfying task that he performed during his long years in public life. Everybody expected him to say: “Integration of 561 princely states” or “reorganisation of civil services”.
- Court To Pak: Let Sharif Come Back (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan’s top judge on Tuesday ordered the government to allow Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former Prime Minister in September violated an earlier court ruling.
- Journalism's 'Kalank' (Pioneer, BK Verma, Oct 31, 2007)
This refers to the articles, "Will stingers be stung" by Chandan Mitra, "Gujarat has outgrown riots" by Swapan Dasgupta, and "Half truths don't help Muslims" by Kanchan Gupta (October 28).
- Return To Bamiyan (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Oct 31, 2007)
The 1,500-year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan are gone, of course, replaced by two gashes in the reddish-brown cliff.
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 31, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition.
- Where Are The Promises? (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
WE are told that elections are around the corner. Both the PPP and the PML-Q appear to have started working the vote.
- 'Storytellers Can Bring In Things Which Bother Them' (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2007)
Jaideep Sahni always wanted to tell stories - stories that rake up important issues even as they entertain people.
- Indian Intelligence Claims Knowledge Of Pakistan’S ‘New Kashmir Strategy’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 31, 2007)
A three-pronged Kashmir strategy adopted by Pakistan involving shifting the focus of engineering violence in Kashmir to other parts of India outside Jammu and Kashmir (JK), and building ‘united’ political support within JK has been unearthed . . . .
- Collective Punishment, Say Palestinians (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 30, 2007)
Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak has approved sanctions against the Gaza Strip to discourage rocket attacks from the territory on Israel.
- A New Economic Course (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 30, 2007)
THE political structure that is being built at this time in Pakistan, brick by reluctant brick, may set the stage for the reformulation of economic policy.
- March On Islamabad? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
Even though it is not from Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who specialises in ‘million-man’ marches, the statement coming from the Jamaat-i-Islami’s NWFP chief needs to be taken note of because of its callousness.
- India Asked To Identify Places For Group Visas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Islamabad has asked New Delhi to identify four Hindu-Sikh holy shrines in Pakistan so that the government could consider issuing group visas to Indian citizens, official sources told Dawn.
- India Interested In Turkmen Pipeline (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
India is keen to receive gas from Turkmenistan via a planned pipeline and is also considering investments in gas and oil producer Qatar to meet rapidly rising domestic demand, India’s Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Monday.
- Imran: Oust Fazl From Oppn Alliance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan and the Jamiat Ulema Islam Fazlur Rehman group (JUI-F) have traded accusations that they are serving interests of Gen Pervez Musharraf by causing dissensions within the All-Parties Democratic Movement (APDM).
- Pause After Troops Kill 60 Pak Rebels (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistani troops killed up to 60 militants during fierce fighting in the Swat valley in the country’s northwest, the army said today, and the insurgents called a truce to recover their dead and wounded.
- 50 Militants Killed, Ceasefire Called (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistani troops killed between 50 militants during fighting in the restive Swat valley on Sunday, the military said on Monday.
- Displaced Kashmiri Pandits Wary Of ‘Goodwill’ Gestures (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Thousands of displaced Kashmiri Pandits living in different camps here are wary of the belated goodwill generated towards them back home in the Kashmir valley.
- Khan Labs Gave N-Components To Libya: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan's Khan Research Laboratories, which was founded by nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, had clandestinely supplied centrifuge components to a nuclear plant intended to be installed in Libya, a new book has claimed.
- The Battle Of The Kurds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2007)
Mardu, Iraq — It is a land of resistance, the mountain peaks and winding valleys where Iraq’s own Kurds battled Saddam Hussein for decades.
- 12 Ultras Held In B’Desh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Bangladesh’s security forces arrested 12 militants, with suspected ties with the Harkat-ul Jihad al Islami (HuJI), in connection with an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2004.
- Pak Capital On High Alert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Islamabad is on high alert following intelligence reports that suicide bombers have entered the city.
- The Type Of War Being Fought In The Frontiers Is Not Our War: Asad Durrani (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 30, 2007)
The former ISI chief,Asad Durrani, on the situation in the NWFP, talks with the Taliban, and the challenges before the new army chief.
- Waiting For The Messiah (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 30, 2007)
With the Tehelka exposé we have been jolted, yet again, into the reality of modern India where there is no respect for the rule of law, for the security of life and freedom of choice, and all else that is humane.
- 'Musharraf Had Run Proxy War In J&k' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, commander of 4 Corps (Lahore), Lt Gen Mohammed Aziz, and Chief of General Staff, Gen Mohammed Yusuf, had run the proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir in the early 1990s, a new book has claimed.
- Nuclear Nightmares (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
According to a new book by two British journalists, Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark, Pakistan readied nuclear missiles for use against India during the Kargil war.
- Suicide Attack Kills 30 Iraqi Cops (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 30 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at a base north of Baghdad on Monday in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months. And a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad wounded . . .
- Japan Government Spokesman Warns Justice Minister Over Al-Qaida Remark (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Japan's top government spokesman warned the justice minister on Tuesday to be more careful in his public comments following his assertion this week that he had a friend of a friend in the Al-Qaida terrorist group.
- ‘Musharraf Ran Proxy J-K War’ (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, commander of 4 Corps (Lahore), Lt Gen Mohammed Aziz, and Chief of General Staff, Gen Mohammed Yusuf, had run the proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir in the early 1990s, a new book has claimed.
- Frame The Law (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 30, 2007)
Marriage law is a touchy issue in India, especially for leaders of the Muslim community. The shadow of common civil code looms over any prospective legislation on the subject.
- Dhaka-Delhi Border Deal 'Close' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Bangladesh and India say they are close to solving frontier issues after five days of talks in Dhaka between border officials of the two countries.
- Indian Police Find 14 Children Working In Sweatshop (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
With Gap Inc. under fire for selling clothes made by children in India, activists and police raided a sweatshop in New Delhi where 14 boys were embroidering women's garments Monday, illustrating the widespread problem of child labor in the South . . .
- Pak Vows To Go Ahead With Iran Gas Pipeline F.P. Report (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan said Monday that it would go ahead with the multi-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
- What Happens When You ‘Talk’ To Terrorists? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 30, 2007)
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, finally committed on Sunday in Larkana that she “would not talk to extremists who had shed the blood of innocent Muslims”.
- Last Fort Of Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2007)
In the history of Indian judiciary, October 24 will be remembered as the day when neo-Nazis were at receiving end.
- Betrayal At Home (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 30, 2007)
Of all living faiths and traditions in the world, probably only Hindus keep the god of love in their divine pantheon. Kamdev and his wife, Rati, retain a powerful grip on the Hindu imagination on account of their painful association with . . . .
- British Muslim Minister Detained At Us Airport (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Britain's first Muslim Government Minister said he was "deeply disappointed" on Monday after his luggage was searched for explosives at a United States airport as he returned from official talks.
- Indian Islamic Group Attacks Bbc Film For Bin Laden Link (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A BBC documentary shown last night came under attack from one of India's largest Islamic groups for linking their movement to Osama bin Laden and "extremist" Muslim groups around the world.
- India-Usa Interests (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 30, 2007)
If there is a “natural alliance” between India and the United States, it arises to the extent that both are large democracies and more or less free societies that happen to be placed half way across the globe and pose no perceptible military threat . . .
- Special (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
If there is a “natural alliance” between India and the United States, it arises to the extent that both are large democracies and more or less free societies that happen to be placed half way across the globe and pose no perceptible . . . . .
- Pakistan Militants Agree To Cease-Fire (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pro-Taliban militants and security forces reached a cease-fire in a troubled district of northwest Pakistan early today after the deaths of another 35 rebel fighters and 16 troops, officials said.
- The Original Sin Of Politics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
Some political scientists consider violence to be the ‘original sin’ of politics. Political leadership ritualises death as sacrifice — for a cause and higher purpose.
- Pak Wanted To Nuke India: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Pakistan was preparing to use nuclear missiles against India during the Kargil war, a new book has claimed, citing a conversation between US President Bill Clinton and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif eight years ago.
- Signed Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
This is the third time in 20 months that the Supreme Court has found it necessary to insist that all marriages be registered. State governments had dillydallied over the instruction since February 2006, very few of them even bothering . . . . .
- For First Time, Pak Accepts Indian Dossier On Terror In J&k (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Oct 29, 2007)
The Indo-Pak anti terror meeting last week may not have led to any major breakthrough, but for the first time Pakistan has accepted a dossier on terror in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pak Army Gets First Sikh Officer (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
One person stood out among the latest batch of smartly turned out cadets which graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy — the country's first Sikh army officer Harcharan Singh.
- Indo-Pak Strategy Soon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Pakistan will join hands with India to combat extremism and work with other SAARC countries to develop a mechanism for exchanging information to curb terrorism and drug trafficking, interior minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said.
- Pak Army Planned 'Use Of N-Arms' During Kargil War (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Pakistan was preparing to use nuclear missiles against India during the Kargil war, a new book has claimed, citing a conversation between US President Bill Clinton and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif eight years back.
- Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Oct 29, 2007)
On October 24, four different courts in the country awarded life sentences to 60 people, including politicians and police officials.
- Gujarat Has Outgrown Riot (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 29, 2007)
A decade ago, during President Clinton's embarrassment over his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the White House spin doctors excelled themselves.
- Return Of The Far-Right (Deccan Herald, Soumaya Ghannoushi, Oct 29, 2007)
Some quasi-liberals continuously ask how we can be tolerant with people who preach intolerance --by whom they mean, of course, Muslims.
- Drawing The Line Of Distrust (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
For observers and students of international politics, the final quarter of the 20th century was truly overwhelming.
- Baseless And Prejudiced (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Oct 29, 2007)
To write critically about a religion and its community is one thing, but to denigrate them deliberately is quite another.
- Memories Of Horror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2007)
The collector of Ahmedabad has ordered the blackout of TV channels beaming the sting operation of the post-Godhra pogrom.
- A Troubled Pakistan In A Troubled Region (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 29, 2007)
Faced with Russian and Chinese opposition to Chapter Seven sanctions at the UN Security Council, the United States has moved unilaterally to impose them on Iran to deter it from making a nuclear bomb which the IAEA says could be eight years away.
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