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Articles 6421 through 6520 of 19042:
- China’S Westland (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Before the highway arrived last year, threading a strip of black pavement across a moonscape of pale sand, this town in central Xinjiang province was among the lonelier places on earth.
- Hindus Say Temples In Malaysia Under Threat, Appeal To Un (Pioneer, Arun Anand, Jun 12, 2006)
Hindu groups in Malaysia allege that the Government is demolishing temples and have appealed to Indian rights groups and the UN to help protect their heritage.
- Congress Cuts Pak Aid, Bush Nose (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 12, 2006)
The US Congress and Bush administration may be parting ways over how to treat America's client state, Pakistan.
- Dead, But Not Gone (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 12, 2006)
There is a lesson for us all in the sudden, violent death of terrorist leader, Musab al-Zarqawi, in Iraq. It is this — never call a meeting.
- Qaida Threatens To Step Up Attacks In Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Al-Qaida in Iraq vowed on Sunday to carry out large-scale attacks that would "shake the enemy" after the killing of its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but did not name a successor.
- Growth Of Extremism (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 12, 2006)
A regrouping of the Taliban has been possible because of public resentment against American military operations.
- Bengal Orders Survey Of Minorities (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
For the first time, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s government has commissioned a survey of the state’s minority communities with the aim of assessing their position in society.
- Pak Kills 20 Militants Near Afghan Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Pakistani security forces attacked a militant hideout near the Afghan border on Saturday, killing up to 20 people, an army spokesman said.
- "Indo-Israel Ties Should Not Be At The Expense Of Palestinians" (OutLook, PINHAS INBARI, Jun 12, 2006)
Saddled with running a bankrupt Palestinian Authority, the Hamas PM faces pressure from the Israeli President's call for a referendum on the right of Israel to exist alongside Palestine.
- Muslims Demand Share In Politics, Jobs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
"Reservation on basis of population"
Resolution to this effect passed at the Maharashtra Muslim Convention
Also demand reservation in the police, bureaucracy, local bodies and private institutions
- Terrorists' New-Found Soft Target (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jun 12, 2006)
Terrorists in Kashmir have put the softest of soft target in their cross-hairs- tourists who have traveled thousands of miles to soak in the beauty of Chinar-lined lakes and snow-capped Pir Panjal- frustrated by the waning local support and huge . . .
- One Killed In Grenade Attack In Jammu (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
At least one person was killed and six wounded in Jammu on Monday when suspected Islamist militants threw a grenade at a crowded bus station, police said.
- Palestinian Referendum Meaningless: Olmert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dismissed a referendum on a Palestinian statehood proposal as "meaningless" in an interview with British newspapers published on Saturday.
- What About Infiltration From Afghanistan? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is taking a number of steps to stop illegal infiltration on the Pak-Afghan border.
- The Fundamentalist Challenge (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Jun 11, 2006)
The so-called war on terror has confused the real fundamentalist challenge.
- Iraq Offers To Mediate In Iran Nuclear Crisis (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Adel Abdel Mahdi, Iraqi vice president, has met Iran's nuclear negotiator in Tehran in a bid to help mediate an end to Iran's nuclear crisis, a source close to the Iraqi leader said on Saturday.
- Container Insecurity (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
The U.S. leads nations that are paranoid about the possibility of terrorists using containers to smuggle explosives and equipment.
- Bukhari Launches Islamist Front (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Enthused by the electoral performance of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal's Assam United Democratic Front and in a renewed attempt to make a determined entry into politics, Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid on Saturday launched the . . .
- Rising Tide Of Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 11, 2006)
For long India has been under the self-delusion that Pakistan would stop cross-border terrorism and that we should continue to negotiate and treat our neighbour with kid gloves.
- Abbas Sets Date For Referendum Opposed By Hamas (Reuters, WAFA AMR, Jun 11, 2006)
President Mahmoud Abbas, stepping up his power struggle with the Hamas-led Palestinian government, on Saturday set a July 26 referendum on a statehood proposal that implicitly recognises Israel.
- Pak Rights Record Prompts Us Aid Cut (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The USA has slashed about 350 million dollars foreign aid to Pakistan, citing its poor human rights record and failure to to do enough to improve democracy.
- Us Slashes About 350 Dollars Foreign Aid To Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The US has slashed about 350 million dollars foreign aid to Pakistan, citing its poor human rights record and failure to do enough to improve democracy.
- The Quota Divide (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2006)
The reservation of seats in higher educational institutions has again opened up the quota divide.
- Truce Torn After Blood On Beach (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Hamas today fired rockets at Israel, formally ending a 16-month-old truce, after seven Palestinians on a Gaza beach were killed by Israeli shelling.
- Irreplaceable Pioneer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2006)
Outside the arcane area of legal philosophy, the name of the Oxford scholar, H.L.A. Hart (1907-92), does not ring much of a bell now. Straying from philosophy into law, he happened to write the foundational text of his discipline, The Concept of . . .
- Bush Expresses Concern Over Guantanamo Deaths (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
US President Bush is expressing "serious concern" over the three detainee suicides at the U-S military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- Iran Scripts N-Reply (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Iran may send its own nuclear package in response to proposed incentives agreed by six world powers that seek to persuade Tehran to stop its atomic fuel work, foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said today.
- Keep Them Away (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jun 11, 2006)
Recently I visited Krishna Janmabhoomi complex in Mathura.
- Beginning Of End For Al-Qaida? (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 11, 2006)
Those of us who have believed all along that the Anglo-American coalition was strategically correct in moving into Iraq, but have been the victims of executional incompetence, insensitivity and bungling, may finally have some hope.
- The Last Of The Pharaonic Sculptors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Ancient Egypt's art of carving now rests on the shoulders of one man.
- Icici Bank Moves Up Lending Rates By 50 Bps (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
ICICI Bank today raised lending rates, including those for home loans, by 50 basis points to protect its margins. The hike comes just a day after the Reserve Bank of India raised its repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points.
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 11, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Hamas Ends Truce With Rocket Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Hamas launched rockets at Israel on Saturday, formally ending a 16-month-old truce, after seven Palestinians relaxing on a Gaza beach were killed during Israeli artillery shelling.
- Us Cuts Aid To Pak For Poor Rights Record (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The US’s foreign aid to Pakistan has been reduced from the current fiscal year by $250 million to $300 million as Islamabad has failed to do enough to improve democracy and human rights.
- Kashmir: The Internal Question (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jun 10, 2006)
The Prime Minister’s suggestions at the second roundtable conference regarding sharing of power among the regions of Jammu and Kashmir was perhaps the most significant for internal reform in the state. For, regional tensions have been the main cause . . .
- Zarqawi Betrayed By Al-Qaida Network (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 10, 2006)
Al-qaida terrorist mastermind Abu Musab Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq with a $25 million bounty on his head, was eventually betrayed by senior leaders of his network.
- Even After Al-Zarqawi, No Clear Path In Weary Iraq (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 10, 2006)
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Analysts and military spokesmen have said that the death of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed when two 500-pound bombs obliterated his hideout north of Baghdad, will not extinguish the sectarian conflict that he . . .
- Sp Threatens To Move Sc On Sonia, Rahul's Assets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Stung by the Supreme Court, this time seeking details of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's assets, SP general secretary Amar Singh on Friday accused Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of unleashing vendetta against the Uttar Pradesh cm.
- A Drive Into The Present (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2006)
In my youth, the road I most often travelled ran between New Delhi, the capital of India, and Dehradun, the town where I was born and raised.
- Tackling Aids: A Missed Opportunity? (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Jun 10, 2006)
The United Nations General Assembly Special Session has let go of a great chance to ensure gains in the fight against the pandemic.
- Death Of A Terrorlord (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 10, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the highest profile among the militants fighting the United States-led occupation of Iraq.
- Two Suspected Lashkar Associates Held In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jun 10, 2006)
They were said to be running a laboratory to manufacture explosives
- Iraq Hails Start Of A ‘New Era’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is a “new beginning” for Iraq, the interior minister said on Friday, but authorities imposed a traffic ban in an apparent effort to prevent al-Qaeda reprisal attacks.
- Multilateral Talks? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 10, 2006)
US trying a new approach to Iran nuclear issue
- Lessons From Grievance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 10, 2006)
After Operation Bluestar made Bindranwale temporarily into a Sikh hero, vendors of religious paraphernalia used to sit on the pavement outside the serais and sell pictures of him.
- Beginning Of End For Al-Qaida? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 10, 2006)
Those of us who have believed all along that the Anglo-American coalition was strategically correct in moving into Iraq, but have been the victims of executional incompetence, insensitivity and bungling, may finally have some hope.
- Shape Of Things To Come (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jun 10, 2006)
The day results of elections in five states were announced I went on a fortnight’s vacation from column writing.
- Death Of Zarqawi (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 10, 2006)
The death of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi may well be a blow to Al Qaeda but it is unlikely to bring peace, stability or democracy to Iraq any time soon.
- Musharraf Wants Pakistan’S Soft Image Promoted (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
President directs ministry to set up media university
Says media enjoying ‘unprecedented freedom’
Briefed on media tower
- Pakistan And U.S.: Two Together, Two Apart (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 10, 2006)
Their dependence on each other by no means makes it an equal partnership. And this is the main cause of the strain in their relations.
- Boosting Bureaucracy’S Efficiency (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 10, 2006)
DR Ishrat Hussain, Chairman of the newly established National Commission on Government Reforms has said that the NCGR will help boost the efficiency of the civil servants for better services delivery to the masses.
- A Divided World (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 10, 2006)
When Samuel Huntington first wrote his thesis in 1993 about the clash of civilisations in the journal of the Council for Foreign Relations, not many people took him seriously.
- Covert Wars And A Bizarre Career In Violence (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 10, 2006)
Hundreds of killings and over two years down the road, the Americans have finally taken out Ahmad Fadil Al Khalaileh aka Abu Musab Al Zarqawi in an air-strike near the town of Baquba.
- Pols On The Run (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 10, 2006)
Political accountability is not the same as politicians' accountability.
- Icici Bank Moves Up Lending Rates By 50 Bps (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
ICICI Bank today raised lending rates, including those for home loans, by 50 basis points to protect its margins.
- Hamas To Renew Its Attacks On Israel (International Herald Tribune, STEVEN ERLANGER, Jun 10, 2006)
Israeli shells hit a crowded beach in northern Gaza on Friday, killing at least seven Palestinians, including a family of five and two women, and wounding more than 30 others, according to Palestinian journalists and medical personnel.
- Hamas Military Wing Calls Off Israel Truce (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Hamas militants called off a truce with Israel on Friday after a barrage of Israeli artillery shells tore into Palestinians at a beachside picnic in the Gaza Strip, killing seven civilians.
- Hamas Calls Off Truce After Israeli Attacks (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Hamas' militants yesterday called off a 16-month truce and vowed to resume bombing attacks in Israel after an Israeli artillery shell struck a crowd of beachcombers.
- How Us Found The Most-Wanted Man In Iraq (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
To Kill Abu Musab al Zarqawi, US forces first found his spiritual adviser. Then they had to wait.
- Keep Them Away (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jun 10, 2006)
Recently I visited Krishna Janmabhoomi complex in Mathura.
- Now To Make Use Of No Al-Zarqawi (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 10, 2006)
The death of the most prominent insurgent in Iraq, the Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, will definitely have a demoralising effect on the worldwide Islamic terrorism movement.
- Israeli Pm Says Palestinian Referendum Meaningless (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert dismissed a referendum on a Palestinian statehood proposal as "meaningless" in an interview with British newspapers published on Saturday.
- Somalia: Return To Civil War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 10, 2006)
The truce between the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-terrorism and the Islamic Court Union proves short-lived.
- Hunt For Next ‘Prince’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s successor may be a local figure with close ties to Osama bin Laden, who focuses attacks more on US and Iraqi troops and less on brutal beheadings and random suicide bombings.
- East Timor: Troubled State (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 10, 2006)
The need to prevent the emergence of another failed state may have prompted Australia to help the government in Dili.
- The Time-Bomb Of Illegal Migration (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Jun 09, 2006)
Explosive population growth in the north-east region over the last three decades or so is startingly different both in terms of natural growth of population due to births and deaths and also in terms of migration of people from other parts of the country.
- U.S. Air Strike Kills Al Qaeda's Zarqawi In Iraq (Reuters, MARIAM KAROUNY, Jun 09, 2006)
U.S. warplanes killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq blamed for bombings, beheadings and assassinations, in a strike which President George W. Bush said on Thursday had delivered justice.
- Hindu To Secular (Statesman, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jun 09, 2006)
“Nepal sheds Hindu tag and proclaims itself a secular state” reported newspapers on 19 May 2006.
- 'Zarqawi Death A Blow To Qaeda Net' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday the death of al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a blow to the terror network.
- Barbarians At The Gate (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 09, 2006)
Reports from Dhaka that the Khaleda Zia Government is considering relocating the Dhakeswari Kali temple - the millennium-old shrine in the heart of the Bangladeshi capital that gives the city its name - are not just disconcerting but positively ominous.
- A Killer Is Killed (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 09, 2006)
US Defence Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld is not given to either exaggeration or hyperbole.
- Breakthrough For Us As Zarqawi Killed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida's leader in Iraq who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings, has been killed in an air strike, US and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
- ‘Do You Want To Help Those Within A Class Who Are Already Well-Off?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2006)
Sir, before I start on what I really wanted to say, I must say that I have been terribly pained with what I have heard just now from one of the members of the government, one of the ministers. It is extremely sad that the thinking in this government . . .
- Osama’S Iraq Face Is Killed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Like Osama bin Laden, Zarqawi, a Jordanian, led Arab fighters against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s. After Soviets quit Afghanistan, he went back to Jordan
- Building Trust (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 09, 2006)
Does one need any evidence of the positive fall-out of confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan so far?
- Neglected Area (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 09, 2006)
The two books consider the question of religion and its relation to the military and to education in Turkey and in Jammu and Kashmir.
- A 'Hole In The Wall' Helps Educate India (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Free computers placed where children play could help bring basic education to India's 200 million boys and girls under age 15.
- Iraq’S Most Wanted Man Killed In Airstrike (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in an American airstrike on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad at 6:15 pm local time on Wednesday, top US and Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
- After A Long Hunt, U.S. Bombs The Leader Of Al Qaeda In Iraq (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
With the two 500-pound bombs that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Wednesday evening, American forces eliminated Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq and boosted the flagging confidence of American officials and the new Iraqi government as they moved into the . . .
- Jihad's Evil Mind (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 09, 2006)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian street thug-turned-Islamist, led terror's onslaught in Iraq, reports Patrick Quinn from Baghdad.
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