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Articles 6721 through 6820 of 19042:
- The U.S. And The Strategy For Freedom (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 02, 2006)
A remarkable feature of U.S. perceptions of West Asia is an inability or unwillingness to acknowledge linkages.
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- National Assembly, Senate Begin Stormy Budget Sessions Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 02, 2006)
Both houses of parliament will meet on Friday to begin what are likely to be tense budget sessions that will be keenly watched for government-promised relief in the face of one of the severest price hikes prevailing in the country.
- Ib Harassment Of Newspapermen (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India have been engaged in a peace process since January 2004; top officials on the two sides meet regularly and promise to enhance people-to-people contact; they are talking about trade and other exchanges and so on.
- Jihadis Hit Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
There is no denying the fact that had the terrorists who set out on Thursday morning to blow up the RSS headquarters in Nagpur succeeded in their mission, jihadis both in India and abroad would have celebrated while the Government and its security . . .
- Appeasement As State Policy (Pioneer, Sanjog Maheshwari, Jun 02, 2006)
While the past decades have witnessed relentless competition among various political organisations to appease the minority community in a bid to cultivate the Muslim vote-bank, none can match the UPA Government's firestorm of minorityism.
- Us Close To Deal For Iran; Tehran Remains Defiant (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
World powers converged on Vienna on Thursday for talks on how to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis, strengthened by a US decision to join in direct talks with Tehran if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment.
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Haditha's Lessons (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Mere apology will not suffice ---- The findings of the United States military investigation into the Haditha incident of November 2005, which resulted in the death of 24 Iraqi civilians, could not have come at a worse time for President George W Bush.
- Iran Rejects Us Conditions For Nuclear Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Iran on Thursday rejected US conditions for talks over its disputed atomic programme, saying it was ready for negotiations but unwilling to freeze sensitive nuclear work.
- Saudi Media Calls Arjun An ‘Icon Of Indian Secularism’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Saudi media has heaped praise on the visiting Union Minister for Human Resource and Development Arjun Singh, describing him as a very “seasoned politician” and an “icon of Indian secularism”. Giving wide coverage to Singh’s visit to Saudi . . .
- Terror At Sangh Sanctorum Gate (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Militants disguised as policemen tried to storm the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s headquarters in Nagpur shortly before dawn today but were gunned down in their car outside the gates.
- Still Earthly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
The more vulnerable the better. This seems to be the killers’ motto, and they have succeeded three times within 15 days.
- Saudi Women Rise For Veil (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
More than 500 women packed the Saudi capital’s Maimouna Center on a recent evening to attend a lecture.
- Why Pakistan Should Look At Nigeria, Nepal (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jun 02, 2006)
Recent developments in Nepal and Nigeria offer an example for Pakistan on how to overcome entrenched authoritarian structures through popular mobilisation and thoughtful political action.
- Terror Alert (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
While India and Pakistan were reiterating “their commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations” in Islamabad on Wednesday, terrorists were busy executing their plans on this side of the divide.
- Government Will Stop Undue Inflation: Pm (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jun 01, 2006)
Aziz says budget will benefit the poor
Govt hiring foreign agriculture experts
- India Hands Over List Of Criminals To Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Shah, while feigning ignorance about the presence in Pakistan of Dawood Ibrahim, main accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, handed over a list of 58 criminals wanted by Islamabad and were allegedly hiding in India.
- Indian Civilians In Pak Jails To Be Freed By June-End (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Indian civilians, including fishermen, in Pakistani jails who have completed their sentence will be released by June 30. India will do the same with Pakistani civilians who have completed their term.
- Stop Proselytisation (Deccan Herald, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Jun 01, 2006)
Organised attempts at mass conversion or re-conversion has the potential to undermine public order
- Indo-Pak Vow To End Terrorism (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
On a day that a tourist bus was attacked by militants in Srinagar, the home secretaries of India and Pakistan today iterated the need for “effective” steps to eliminate terrorism.
- Empowering Through Entrepreneurship (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jun 01, 2006)
The empowerment of the weaker sections among the SC/STs and OBCs must be through entrepreneurship and business rather than by quotas. Reserving seats in higher educational institutions will not go far, considering the situation at the school level
- Darul Man Qaida Trained (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
One of the 12 members of the new terror group Darul Islam arrested by the Malaysian police was trained by Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida movement in Afghanistan, investigations
revealed.
- Credit It To ‘‘Condi’’ Law Makers (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
After all that was said and done by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush last month, the real person who is pushing the nuclear deal is Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
- J&k Terrorist Groups Finding New Recruits (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Maharashtra, Gujarat residents training with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Resident of Maharashtra village killed in encounter in J&K
Was most likely being trained on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Hizb may be seeking to enhance its own pan-India capabilities
- Police Kill Three Militants In Nagpur, Thwart Raid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police shot dead three suspected Islamist militants in Nagpur on Thursday, scuttling a possible plan to blow up the headquarters of powerful Hindu nationalist group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), officials said.
- Kashmir Rebel Chief Rejects Indian "Come Home" Call (Reuters, Kamran Haider, Jun 01, 2006)
The Pakistan-based commander of Kashmir's biggest guerrilla group rejected on Wednesday an appeal by India's prime minister for militants to return to their homes, saying New Delhi must first leave the territory.
- Five Years After (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 01, 2006)
Large sections of the people of Kabul, who had welcomed the entry of the Northern Alliance and US troops into Kabul in 2001 with flowers, song and dance, shouted the most abusive slogans against the US and Mr Karzai on May 29, 2006. What gives?
- 1980s Redux? (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 01, 2006)
Afghanistan since 2005 is not Iraq since 2003, it's more a a re-run of the anti-Soviet jihad of the 1980s--this time targeted not against the Soviet communists and their Afghan supporters, but against the "Western infidels led by the US and the UK" . . .
- Pranab, Wen Review Boundary Issue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Efforts to find a political settlement to the vexed Sino-Indian boundary dispute by their Special Representatives were reviewed during a meeting between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, official sources . . .
- Syria's Silent Purge (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jun 01, 2006)
Reasons for the regime's new bullishness lie largely beyond the country's borders.
- U.S. Talks Offer "A Propaganda Move,'' Says Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The official Iranian news agency Wednesday said the American offer to join in direct talks with Iran about its disputed nuclear program was ``a propaganda move.''
- Minority Report (Times of India, Sanjib Baruah, Jun 01, 2006)
It is a myth that Muslims vote for the Congress because of its secular credentials. 'Minority prudence' has always been a factor. Muslims have often voted strategically for the most likely winner.
- India, Pakistan Agree On Need To Tackle Terrorism (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed on the need to take steps for a "complete elimination" of terrorism.
- Pak-Uae Ties Scaling New Heights (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 01, 2006)
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, who came to Pakistan for the first time in his present capacity, stayed here for a few hours but his visit has brought the two countries still closer in different sectors.
- Crisis In Basra Threatens Oil Exports (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 01, 2006)
Smuggling results in steep decline in revenues; Premier's stress on security
- Round Table Politics: Jihad And Kebabs (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's round-table process calls for a transfiguration of political attitudes in New Delhi and Srinagar.
- A Job For Mr Modi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Narendra Modi's mindspace of late may have been devoted to playing censor but perhaps it is time he turned his attention to something far more serious: the continuing official and unofficial biases against Muslims in Gujarat.
- Trouble In Afghanistan Is Not Just Talibanism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 31, 2006)
Last Monday’s rioting in Kabul portends ill for the government of President Hamid Karzai as well as the United States project of bringing normalcy to Afghanistan. Consider.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Friendly Exchanges On June 1 (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, May 31, 2006)
The official-level talks between India and Pakistan under the third round of the composite dialogue process are poised to come to an end with the parleys on the promotion of friendly exchanges which will take place in New Delhi on June 1.
- 'What Should I Apologise For?' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
He was in Spain, attending a friend's wedding and participating in the Imagine India film festival, when Fanaa's producer Aditya Chopra and director Kunal Kohli informed Aamir Khan about the ban imposed on his latest release by cinema associations . . .
- Rioting In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 31, 2006)
The riot and the curfew in Kabul on Monday prove one thing beyond doubt — things are not under the control of the Karzai government even in Kabul. Conspiracy theory is irrelevant here.
- Pakistan, India Exchange Lists Of Wanted Criminals (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, May 31, 2006)
Discuss counter-terrorism, drugs control, civilian prisoners
Agree to provide consular access to prisoners within three months of arrest
Interior secretaries conclude talks today
- All For A Good Yarn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
Do you actually care — I’d write give a damn, except that in these contexts one must choose one’s words with caution
- It’S The Hindus’Turn To Be Extremists (Deccan Herald, Nick Cohen, May 31, 2006)
Husain is the grand old man of Indian art. He began as a boy painting cinema hoardings for six annas per square foot before getting his first break at the Bombay Art Society in 1947.
- Veil Of Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
The second round-table on Jammu and Kashmir, held recently in Srinagar, seems to have turned out better than expected.
- Border Bonhomie (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 31, 2006)
India and China should stabilise their common borders
- Violence In Kabul (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
The deaths of 14 people in Kabul following an accident in which a US military vehicle rammed into local cars and killed five people shows the extent of frustration and resentment against the foreign presence in that country.
- Paf, Pn To Get Boost (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that PAF will be equipped with high-tech aircraft and state-of-the-art weapon systems to make it strong and effective to defend the country’s aerial borders.
- Big Trouble In A Small Country (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 31, 2006)
East Timor was supposed to be a United Nations success story. Yet in recent weeks, a mere four years into its journey as an independent nation, it has exploded into violence, exhibiting many of the symptoms of state failure.
- Duggal, Shah Discuss Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The two-day talks between Indian and Pakistani Home Secretaries began today with the main focus on ways to combat terrorism, drug smuggling and finalising a mechanism for quick release of civilian prisoners of both the countries.
- Roller-Coaster Ride In Kashmir (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, May 31, 2006)
Roundtable Conference has taken the dialogue process between alienated Kashmiris and the Government forward, says CP Bhambhri
- 12 Sinhalese Executed By Tamil Tigers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Assailants raided an eastern Sri Lankan village, abducted 14 ethnic Sinhalese labourers and shot 12 of them in the head, the military said on Tuesday. Officials blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels, who denied involvement.
- Divide And Rule (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 31, 2006)
Conceived in political lust and born in transgression, the government’s misguided reservation policy has opened up a Pandora’s Box.
- Death To Jihadis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
The news from Bangladesh about a Barisal court sentencing seven hardcore Islamist terrorists to death is sure indication of the tenacity of the free judiciary of that country to defend its independence.
- Terrorism Threat To Both Countries, Says Duggal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Ahead of the crucial Indo-Pak Home Secretary-level talks beginning here tomorrow to discuss contentious issues like terrorism, New Delhi has said it wants both countries to carry out a joint fight against the scourge.
- Pakistan Politics Up For Rapid Changes (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, May 30, 2006)
Pakistan's political scene is in for rapid changes and India has per force to take a close look at the fast-moving developments to see what impact they could make on its domestic scene and on its overall security.
- Bill For Obcs, Balm For The Rest (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 30, 2006)
After weeks of tossing the reservation issue between quota protesters and its champions, a clarity of sorts has emerged on the position taken by the UPA government and the Congress.
- Bombs Kill Dozens In Iraq, Leaders Wrangle (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Bombs killed dozens of people in Iraq on Monday, adding to pressure on rival factions in the country's new government to agree on interior and defence ministers who can tackle the relentless violence.
- Bend It At Their Beck And Call (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, May 30, 2006)
The tense atmosphere of a communal riot and the political grandstanding that accompanies it preclude an honest, objective assessment of the incident.
- The Bitter Truth Of Our Politics (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, May 30, 2006)
While the world moves on to pursue its socioeconomic and other loftier goals in the new millennium, the debate on the state of democracy continues in Pakistan.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Nepal Faces Hindu Backlash Over Declaration As Secular State (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The May 18 declaration by Nepal's parliament ending the country's distinction as the world's only Hindu state was one of the several hard decisions taken by the new government to coax Maoist rebels to join in a peaceful political process.
- Sifting Musharraf’S Good Points (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 30, 2006)
The pmln and the pppp got together with sundry other opposition parties in Lahore on Sunday to remember the day Pakistan tested its nuclear device in 1998.
- Banned Books In India: 1970s-2006 (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, May 30, 2006)
The 1970s: Politics, and what the state often saw as the misrepresentation of either India’s policies or its leaders, triggered most book bans in this decade. Former MI5 operative Greville Wynne upset MI5 and the Indian government when he published . . .
- Pakistan Rallies Around A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Renewed interest in America on nuclear proliferation network
- Nepalese Soldiers Taken Hostage In Congo (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Nearly two years after 12 Nepali workers were abducted and killed in Iraq by Islamic militants, seven Nepali soldiers employed in UN peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo were captured by rebel Congolese militia, who also . . .
- Quake Death Toll Close To 5,000, Survivors Scavenge For Food (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Grieving quake survivors on Monday scavenged for food in the debris of their houses, as the world promised help to Indonesia recover from its latest deadly natural disaster.
- Left Dictatorship Behind Failure Of Foreign Policy: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The BJP on Monday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of allowing the Left to dictate the country's foreign policy leading to the Government's utter failure in dealing with external affairs issues in the national interest.
- Sindh Coalition Intact (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 30, 2006)
Now that the differences between the MQM and the PML have been settled — to quote the prime minister — “amicably”, one hopes that no new tension will develop between the two, and the coalition will stay intact and work as a team for Sindh’s . . .
- India Calls For Joint Fight Against Terror (Tribune, K J M Varma, May 30, 2006)
Ahead of the crucial Indo-Pak Home Secretary-level talks beginning here tomorrow to discuss contentious issues like terrorism, New Delhi has said it wants both countries to carry out a joint fight against the scourge.
- Muslims Who Fled Villages After Riots Fall Off Job Scheme (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, May 30, 2006)
After the 2002 post-Godhra riots, Muslim families from many villages of Sabarkantha and Panchmahals fled to the nearest talukas to find safety in numbers. Even today, many go back to their villages during the day to do odd jobs and return before nightfall
- Of Platonic Love (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, May 30, 2006)
This is an outstanding translation of an eminent Hindi romantic novel about platonic love. Its atlas is in Allahabad, of which the lingering nostalgia of the author is evident.
- Six Visits, And The Hint Of A Breakthrough (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, May 30, 2006)
Unlike his predecessor, Manmohan Singh perhaps prefers the slow-and-steady initiative on Kashmir. It seems to be finally showing results, in spite of bureaucratic sloth,
- 13-Member Quota Oversight Committee Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Committee told to submit report to Union Government by August 31
Three groups set up to draw up modalities for implementing the decision
The groups asked to complete their job by July 31
- Against Empires Old And New (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, May 30, 2006)
Demolishes the justification trotted out by apologists for the U.S. invasion of Iraq
- Yet Again We Cave In To Religious Bigots (Hindu, Nick Cohen, May 30, 2006)
Rival groups are egging each other on in a politics of grievance. Now, militant Hindus in Britain turn on M.F. Husain.
- A Quick Step Forward In Sino-Indian Ties (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 30, 2006)
As China and India grow in economic and strategic importance, what is needed is a genuine attempt towards mutual accommodation that would take into account shifting geopolitical power plays.
- Bjp Backs Quota But Wants Benefit For Poor Among Forward Castes (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 30, 2006)
Reiterates support for socially backward sections at national executive
Seen as an effort to ensure party does not lose forward castes support in U.P.
For common civil code, ban on forced religions conversions, review of Article 370
- Ethnic Tensions Could Crack Iran's Firm Resolve Against The World (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, May 30, 2006)
During the last week of May, thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the northwestern city of Tabriz, and the previous week there were protests at universities in five cities.
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