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Articles 5821 through 5920 of 19042:
- U.K. Muslims Want Police Chief To Quit, Says Poll (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 28, 2006)
A majority of Britain's Muslim community has lost confidence in the country's police chief Ian Blair for his handling of the anti-terror campaign and wants him to quit, according to a Guardian/ICM poll.
- Governor To Blame, Says Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court today admitted the Centre’s appeal against the Allahabad High Court order on the transfer of the legal adviser to Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar, which has turned into a “confrontation” between him and the High Court . . .
- Close To Civil War? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Militias may not be fighting each other but Iraq is teetering on the brink of civil war, with an alarming rise in killings and kidnappings.
- 10,000 More Troops To Guard Afghan Border (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Jun 28, 2006)
Rice in Pakistan on anti-Taliban mission
* Calls Karzai ‘extraordinary leader’, Musharraf a ‘moderate force’ in Muslim world
* Says increased Taliban activity not ‘political resurgence’
- A Journey To Nowhere (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 28, 2006)
If the number of buses started between India and Pakistan were to be the criterion, the relationship would have been normal. The fact is that the
- Barrenness Of Our Envoys (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed for formulation of a pragmatic foreign policy based on the leverage of the success of nation’s economic, political and social policies keeping in mind the changes taking place at the regional and international . .
- The Twin Crises (News International, M B NAQVI, Jun 28, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
The Musharraf regime is facing a serious crisis. It has to organise the two elections between October 2007 to February 2008: one national general election and another to the office of the pre
- Mma Proposes Three ‘Islamic Names’ For Nwfp (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has proposed three names — Dar-ul-Islam, Bab-ul-Islam and Islam Var — to bring an end to the decades-old dispute on renaming of the North-West Frontier Province.
- Exploring Other Energy Sources (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 27, 2006)
IT was good to hear President Musharraf say that he wanted the country to make the best use of alternative sources of energy, for it shows that he realises the consequences of relying on expensive forms of power.
- ‘Bmic Work To Begin From Mysore End Next Week’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
NICE Managing Director Ashok Kheny on Monday forecast that investments will flow into the State once the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project is completed.
- Pakistan’S Dilemma (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 27, 2006)
Musharraf, unlike Zia-ul-Haque is not serious about religious nationalism
- Uighur Terrorism In Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 27, 2006)
The Chinese embassy in Islamabad has reportedly complained that members of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) are planning to kidnap senior Chinese diplomats and consular officers in the country.
- Stay Declined On Mlas' Disqualification (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
``Lists application before a larger Bench''
Speaker granted 10 days to file his response
5 MLAs disqualified after they violated the LBD whip
- India Agrees To Inspection Of River Ravi Embankments (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Pakistan Indus Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shah said on Monday that India had accepted Islamabad’s demands that newly-built embankments along the River Ravi be open to inspections on-demand.
- Nazim Forms Committee To Fix Responsibility: Manhandling Of Adp Nazims (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Monday formed a five-member committee to look into and fix responsibility for the June 21 incident in which some Haq Parast nazims forced a number of Awam Dost nazims to get out of the council hall when he was . . .
- Waziristan: A Ceasefire Offer? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 27, 2006)
The news from turbulent Waziristan, if correct, will be widely welcomed. The militants who have kept the Pakistan Army embroiled in hostilities in the region have reportedly offered a ceasefire, though doubt has been cast on its credibility by the . . .
- Still A Riot (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 27, 2006)
There are many objections to the communal violence (preventions, control and rehabilitation of victims) bill, 2005.
- India Seeks Consular Access To 308 Nationals In Pak Jails (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India has sought consular access to its 308 nationals lodged in Pakistani jails as Islamabad prepares to set free 240 of its fishermen on Friday.
- Suicide Bomber Kills Seven Pak Troops (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
A suicide car bomber rammed a Pakistani paramilitary checkpost on Monday, killing seven troopers in a tribal region where the Army has been fighting al-Qaeda and pro-Taliban militants for months, officials said.
- Sugar Daddy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2006)
Mulayam can still go to UP voters with a governance card. Western UP holds the key
V.P. Singh may have cut the cake. But Mulayam Singh Yadav can still have it. The UP chief minister, however, would have to ensure his reelection strategy is not . .
- In Karnataka, Quota Rejig Gets Political Twist (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 27, 2006)
In a political move aimed at making inroads into the backward class vote base in Karnataka, the ruling JDS-BJP coalition is likely to introduce a legislation to restructure reservations for OBCs.
- Stirring The Hudood Pot (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 27, 2006)
A Pakistani TV show has sparked a debate on the contraversial Hudood ordiances.
Participants in the TV programme were united in making recommendations for amendments
Contrastingly, the ruling MMA will not support even amendments to the Hudood laws
- Islamic Groups In Pak To Launch Anti-Musharraf Campaign (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Islamic groups in Pakistan today announced the launching of an anti-Musharraf public mobilisation campaign from next month.
- Australia Reaffirms Indonesian Sovereignty Over Papua (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 27, 2006)
Australia’s leader today said he supported Indonesian sovereignty over troubled Papua province, after meeting the country’s President for the first time since ties plummeted over Canberra’s decision to accept refugees from the troubled region.
- Falsifying History (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jun 27, 2006)
Attempts to colour the culture and religion of ancient Israel in Islamic hues will make future negotiations over Jerusalem more difficult, says Daniel Pipes
- Terror Strike In Sri Lanka (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 27, 2006)
ON June 16, Sri Lankans in the Sinhalese-majority north-central Anuradhapura district buried their dead in a mass grave.
- Centre To File Slp Against High Court Order (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Issue seems to be a clash of ego, says Supreme Court
- Truce In Fata? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 27, 2006)
A day after militants announced a month-long ceasefire in North Waziristan, a suspected car bomber killed at least six soldiers in the agency's capital, Miramshah, on Monday. What is one to make of all of this?
- Abbas Orders Israeli Soldier Found (International Herald Tribune, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jun 27, 2006)
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, ordered his security services on Monday to find a kidnapped Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, warned of a "comprehensive and ongoing military action" in Gaza by . . .
- Imposing Democracy By The West (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2006)
President Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has questioned the rationale behind imposing democracy on the developing world especially in the Muslim countries of Asia, Middle East and North Africa by the West and said ‘we know what democracy is’.
- Maleeha Lodhi May Join Un Chief Race (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 27, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is likely to field former journalist Maleeha Lodhi, now Pakistan’s high commissioner to London, as his government’s candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.
- Sacrilege At Tirupati Hills (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 27, 2006)
The current initiative of Sri Swarupanandendra Swami of the Visakhapatnam-based Sri Sarada Peetham to mobilise Hindu seers to protect dharma in the face of rising depredations by evangelists has not come a day too soon.
- Some Language Questions (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 27, 2006)
More than half the world's languages may vanish in the next 100 years; However, Kannada, being a vehicle of the region's culture, will not be one of them ---- Kannada is not banned in Bangalore Club. We know why.
- Why Saffron Can't Be Red (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
As BJP and CPM have fundamental differences, the former will require a metamorphosis before it can learn from the latter, says Prafull Goradia.
- India, China Begin 8th Round Of Boundary Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India and China opened the eighth round of boundary talks in Beijing on Monday to find a political settlement to the vexed dispute.
- Women Breathe Life Into Kuwait Politics (Times of India, HASSAN M FATTAH, Jun 27, 2006)
They came, young and old, rich and poor, eager to hear the latest stump speech and even more eager to make their presence felt.
- Consular Cousins (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 27, 2006)
Thirteen years after the Pakistan consulate shut down in Mumbai following the demolition of Babri masjid, it will soon be back in business.
- Danger Signs (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
American and EU forces must stay in Afghanistan to counter extremism and help the government of President Hamid Karzai to forge security which is a prerequisite for state-building and human development.
- Indians In Pak Jails: Consular Access Sought (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India has sought consular access to its 308 nationals lodged in Pakistani jails as Islamabad prepares to set free 240 of its fishermen on Friday.
- G8 To Press Iran On N-Row: Japan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Group of Eight foreign ministers will urge Iran this week to accept a proposal for talks on its nuclear drive unless Tehran responds first, a Japanese official said on Monday.
- Raj Bhavan-Hc Spat To Be Taken Up With Kalam..... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The stand-off between the Uttar Pradesh Governor and the Allahabad High Court over the suspension and subsequent transfer of the Governor's Additional Legal Advisor is likely to reach President A P J Abdul Kalam, informed sources said here today.
- Parched Pakistan Feuds Over $18 Bln Dam Projects (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Jun 27, 2006)
High above the Indus river, straight white lines painted on the chaparral-covered hillsides mark the site of an ambitious, $7 billion dam project.
- The Intelligent Aam Lady’S Guide To Inflation (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 26, 2006)
I worked with the government for the first time in December, 1974. Food prices were rising by a fifth and energy prices had gone out of the window.
- 5 Militants Surrender In Doda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Five top militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen and the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami on Sunday surrendered before the Army in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Amarnath Shrine Priests Say Ice Lingam Not Natural This Year (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Jun 26, 2006)
It does not take an investigation to find out if the Shiv lingam at the Amarnath Cave shrine this year is man-made or not. A close look will do.
- Dawood On A Bangladesh Mission? (Times of India, Sumit Sen, Jun 26, 2006)
Reports of a recent secret meeting between absconding underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and two high-profile Bangladeshis — one, an extremely powerful young politician belonging to the ruling alliance and the other, a top national security intelligence . . .
- Government To Revamp Waqf Boards To Check Irregularities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Centre is planning a massive revamp of state Waqf boards and other minorities welfare bodies to check rampant corruption, irregularities and inefficiency.
- Test Of Will (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 26, 2006)
It's not so much that Afghanistan is a success and Iraq a failure in taking on the forces of global jehad, but rather that the failure in Iraq is causing Afghanistan itself to unravel.
- Indians In Afghanistan Asked To Be In Touch With Embassy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India has asked all its nationals working in Afghanistan to be in constant touch with the Indian embassy in Kabul and also demand security from the private enterprises they are employed with.
- Where Talent Matters (Times of India, Saeed Naqvi, Jun 26, 2006)
The promotion of Harivanshrai Bachchan by Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan and Kaifi Azmi by Shabana and Javed Akhtar have set tongues wagging in mofussil literary circles. The adage, choose your parents with care, applies well in the upper echelons of . . .
- 5 Top Militants Surrender (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Dealing a blow to their respective outfits, five top terrorists, including two each of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Harkut-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI) laid down their arms before the security forces in Doda district.
- Five Militants, Soldier Killed In 4 Operations (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Even as suspected militants have gunned down a Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel in Dadsar village of Tral and a soldier of Rashtriya Rifles has died in a gunbattle in Kulgam, Police and security forces have killed five militants in four separate . . .
- At Least They Agree On The Colour (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 26, 2006)
Diplomacy, they say, is war by other means. So the Arab and Israelis have been slugging it out at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with Israel demanding recognition of the Red Star of David as an ICRC symbol since 1949.
- Why Obc Fire Didn’T Spread South (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 26, 2006)
How is it that the south, particularly Tamil Nadu (TN), remained cool when protests against the move to provide reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions raged like wild fire across north India?
- Talks Failure — Again (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
The inconclusive end of the two-day secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan on Wullar barrage or Tulbul Navigation Project on Friday is disappointing.
- Pak Militants Offer Truce (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Pro-Taliban militants today announced a month-long ceasefire in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border to give tribal elders a chance to broker a settlement after months of fierce fighting.
- Demolishing Circles Of Domination (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
I am tired of America bashers. They send me the latest by Robert Fisk, John Pilger, Noam Chomsky, et al, by the email box-full.
- Sufi Saints And Culture (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Jun 26, 2006)
One castle and a hundred doors, and window numberless
- Iraq’S Victims Of Violence Doubt Maliki Peac (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s national reconciliation plan is a hard sell on Karrada Inner street, where a roadside bomb left Akram Jabaar with a painful limp and little faith in his government.
- Iraqi Pm Offers Olive Branch To Insurgents (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Iraq’s prime minister presented a plan for national reconciliation to parliament on Sunday, but Nuri al-Maliki was short on detail of how he aimed to end what he called the “ugly picture” of life in Iraq.
- Militants Announce Ceasefire In N Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Pro-Taliban militants announced a month-long ceasefire in North Waziristan on Sunday to give tribal elders a chance to broker a settlement after months of fierce fighting in the tribal agency bordering Afghanistan.
- India Rejects Kashmir Demilitarisation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India’s Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjeeon Sunday rejected a call by Pakistan for troop cuts in Kashmir to push forward a slow-moving peace process, citing a recent spiral of violence in the region.
- 4 Militants, Policeman Die In Kashmir Fighting (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Four Islamic militants and a federal policeman were killed on Sunday in ongoing clashes in Indian Kashmir, an army spokesman said.
- Pakistan’S Energy Needs (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has said that energy talks between Pakistan and United States will begin in Washington today and that Pakistan will raise the issue of its energy needs with emphasis on equal treatment with India on account . . .
- Osama's Former Sex Slave Writes For Tv (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Kola Boof, the former sex slave of Osama bin Laden, is writing for the NBC soap opera 'Days of Our Lives'.
- Islamic Banking (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 26, 2006)
It's back in fashion and attracting hordes of investment bankers looking for higher margins.
- Qazi Hussain Ahmad Versus Mqm (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 26, 2006)
At an all-parties conference (APC) called by the Jamaat-e-Islami, a joint resolution has demanded that the government drag Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain back to the country . . .
- Transfer Games The Govt Plays (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 26, 2006)
The gay abandon with which successive governments in Karnataka have effected transfers in the police department makes it appear that it is some sort of a game being played by the powers that be.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
A group of people from Nagaral village in Chikkodi taluk and from Chikkodi town allegedly killed two persons over a property dispute on Friday.
- U.S., Pakistan Talks On Energy (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 26, 2006)
Islamabad for civilian nuclear pact
- Non-State Actors In International Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, B Raman, Jun 26, 2006)
Counter-terrorism agencies are facing a new strategic threat to which they do not have a response and they are unlikely to have a satisfactory response in the short and medium terms.
- Rajnath Singh Criticises Upa's `Minority Appeasement' Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Criticises decision to allocate 15 per cent of welfare scheme funds for minorities
BJP demands `White Paper' on the country's economy
'Some influential persons are involved in the War Room leak case'
- The Death Of Innocent Visitors (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 26, 2006)
How difficult and heartchurning it is to see the violent death of own child in front of you and still you are unable to do anything positive.
- A Surprise Guest At Bsp Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
A senior Congress leader at an office-bearers’ meeting of the Bahujan Samaj Party! It was former railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief who was the surprise guest at the BSP gathering.
- Iraq’S Accord Plan May Not Douse Terror (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 26, 2006)
The 24-point reconciliation plan presented on Sunday to parliament by Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki is unlikely to extinguish the violence in Iraq.
- Quietly, In English (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jun 26, 2006)
A Harvard undergraduate, daughter of Indian expatriates, was recently in the news.
- Briefs (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
East Timor’s ruling party refused to fire the Prime Minister today, defying the demands of the popular President and triggering the resignation of the Nobel prize-winning foreign minister Jose Ramos-Horta. n AP
- Indo-Pak Move To ‘Save’ Dialogue (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Two top diplomats of India and Pakistan, Satinder K. Lambah and Tariq Aziz, are meeting back channel in Abu Dhabi to "save" the bilateral composite dialogue process, a prominent Pakistani newspaper said.
- Emergency Button (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 26, 2006)
Iraq needs time, not Allied pull-backs ---- In declaring a state of emergency and imposing curfew in parts of the national capital, the Iraqi Government has upped the ante in its struggle against Islamist insurgency.
- Dealing With Human Traffickers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2006)
It is difficult to understand why the police in Islamabad did not register a case against the truck drivers who were apprehended bringing 60 children from Sargodha to Islamabad last week for trafficking.
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