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Articles 7221 through 7320 of 19042:
- Why Osama Lives On (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 14, 2006)
How mad can madness become? Read Messages to the World to know of Islamic religious fervour.
- The Muslim Vote (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 14, 2006)
The likes of Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid nurse the hope of turning India's Muslim population into a vote bank, and under one national party. That hope is nothing but an illusion. The Muslim vote is real, as Muslims are.
- The League Culture (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 14, 2006)
There has been some criticism in the past few days from opposition political parties and in the media about President Musharraf’s involvement with the affairs of the Pakistan Muslim League, the ruling party.
- Afghan Fm Says Bin Laden In Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden is living in Pakistan while Islamabad’s efforts to arrest him can at best be described as “half hearted”, Afghanistan’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Increase In Health Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 14, 2006)
That the health sector is going to get an increase of two billion rupees in next year’s budget is reassuring, even though it has been long overdue.
- Indo-Pak Relations: ‘Normalisation’, ‘Resolution’ And ‘Jihadism’ (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 14, 2006)
One of the successful foreign policy planks of Pakistan in recent years has been “normalisation” with India, based on a system of “peace dialogue” between the two states.
- In Poetry-Loving Yemen, Tribal Bard Takes On Al Qaeda (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
As the dusk call to prayer fades, Amin al-Mashreqi glances at the expectant faces surrounding him and begins to read from his slim, handwritten book of verse that is helping to bring a measure of peace to this mountainous Arab country.
- Karunanidhi, Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, May 14, 2006)
Orders signed for Rs. 2 a kg of rice, waiver of farm loans, one more egg in noon meal
- Against Left, For Left Front (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, May 14, 2006)
Among the more intriguing theories that were proffered in Kolkata to explain the Left Front's conclusive seventh-term victory last Thursday, one struck me as quite prescient.
- 1857 And All That (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 14, 2006)
Never perhaps has a historical anniversary aroused so intense an interest among the political class.
- The Genocide Story (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, May 14, 2006)
Milosevic has been rightly accused of war crimes but EU is equally guilty because of inaction and desire to protect narrow self-interests
- D-8 Sign 2 Accords To Boost Trade (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Bali Declaration calls for peaceful use of N-energy
Aziz urges Muslim nations to create investment opportunities
- India Announces Rs 10 Cr Aid For Palestinians (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Concerned over the economic hardships faced by Palestinian people, India has announced a humanitarian assistance worth Rs 10 crore to help them out of the prevailing situation in Gaza and West Bank.
- Recognise India As Partner In Fight Against Taliban (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 14, 2006)
Indo-US differences have sharp ened over Afghanistan following the brutal killing of 41-year-old K. Suryanarayan by the Taliban militants, who are hiding in the rough terrain of the border areas of Pakistan.
- Al-Qaida Talking Heads (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 14, 2006)
The propaganda blitz by Bin Laden, al-Zawahiri and al-Zarqawi may be aimed at hiding their weakness, writes Fawaz A Gerges
- Iran Ready For Talks, Barring Israel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Iran is ready to talk with any country except Israel but not under threat of force, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today.
- Petty Politics (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 14, 2006)
The lows to which some politicians can sink seemingly know no bounds.
- Mughal-E-Azam Flops In Lahore (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, May 14, 2006)
Dilip Kumar's feather strokes across the cu pid bow mouth and lightly shut eyes of Madhubala create an erotic fission that no amount of uninhibited leg-shaking, grion-jerking or coitus-simulation of today's remixed ‘‘Kanta Laga.....’’ can match.
- Means And Ends (OutLook, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 14, 2006)
For the most part, the war in the high mountains of Jammu
- D-8 Moot (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 14, 2006)
THE D-8 Council of Ministers has finalised two documents, one dealing with a preferential trade agreement and the second with agreement on administrative assistance in customs matters.
- Thinking Outside The Iran Box (Washington Post, Jim Hoagland, May 14, 2006)
The United States and Israel exercise absolute conventional military domination over the Middle East but are bled by costly asymmetrical warfare. They must now pursue war by other means, through asymmetrical diplomacy and statecraft built on . . .
- ‘Chance To Settle Siachen Dispute’: Singh’S Visit To Islamabad (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, May 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s forthcoming visit to Islamabad would be a good opportunity for India and Pakistan to resolve the Siachin dispute, said a former Indian foreign secretary.
- Indian Airports To Mount Vigil Against "Human Bomb" (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
A "human bomb" could attempt to hijack a plane in India, intelligence agencies have warned, prompting security forces to seek state-of-the-art body scanners, an official said on Friday.
- Karunanidhi Ministry To Be Sworn In Today (Hindu, R.K.Radhakrishnan, May 13, 2006)
Congress to lend outside support; Stalin included in Cabinet
- New Pakistan Envoy To U.S. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2006)
Durrani for India-Pakistan rapprochement
- Gogoi Laughs Loudest (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 13, 2006)
Irrespective of the Assam assembly election results not being decisive, the Congress has reason to congratulate itself . . .
- Pakistan Is Not A Failed State Yet (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, May 13, 2006)
It must be very baffling for the common man in Pakistan to be told one day that his country is doing a marvellous job in fighting the global terrorism, and next day he is told that his country is a cradle of terrorism.
- Why Won’T India Move On Kashmir? (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, May 13, 2006)
There were three main reasons for Musharraf’s strong position
- Why Osama Lives On (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 13, 2006)
How mad can madness become? Read Messages to the World to know of Islamic religious fervour.
- ‘Indian Airports Prone To Terrorism’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Western passengers criticise use of body scanners as violation to privacy
- Siachen, Sir Creek Talks From 23rd Full Story (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Defence secretaries of Pakistan and India would lead their respective teams for the talks on Siachen on May 23-24 in New Delhi.
Defence Secretary Lt. Gen. (Retd) Tariq Wasim Ghazi will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Shri Shekhar Dutt on Siachin.
- Road To Acceptance (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
The launching of Mr M.J. Akbar’s Blood Brothers provided an opportunity for an enlightening exchange of views.
- The Nato Trap (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
THAT Nato has decided to establish a military liaison office in Pakistan in order to improve coordination with regard to the never ending war on terror can only be seen as yet another way of the West telling Pakistan . . .
- Balochistan Violence (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
Despite confidence expressed by General Musharraf in March that the conditions in Balochistan would be under control in a month’s time, attacks on security personnel and government installations continue to take place almost on a daily basis. In the . . .
- Al Qaeda Calls For Attacks Over Blasphemy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
A video by an Al Qaeda member posted on the Internet on Thursday called upon Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for publishing anti-Islam cartoons.
- The Biggest Losers In The Election Are... (OutLook, T V R Shenoy, May 13, 2006)
The headlines are devoted to the winners on the morrow of elections. But it may be just as instructive to cast an eye on the losers.
- Palestine Starving (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 13, 2006)
Israeli and Western governments are denying the Palestinian Authority funds after the Hamas victory in the elections.
- Largest-Ever Tn Ministry To Be Sworn In Today (Tribune, Arup Chanda, May 13, 2006)
The largest ever ministry in Tamil Nadu with 31 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) members headed by party president M. Karunanidhi will be sworn in by Governor S. S. Barnala here tomorrow.
- Green Signal For Reds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
Althoug few doubted that the Left, particularly the CPM, would win the assembly elections in Kerala and . . .
- Durrani’S Disclosure (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
FEDERAL Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani has described the “Charter of Democracy”, likely to be signed by Mian Nawaz Sharif and Ms Benazir Bhutto on May 14, as political adventurism of the two former prime ministers . . .
- Pak, Indonesia To Boost Defence, Economic Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Friday agreed to enhance ties between their countries in multifaceted areas covering defence, security, political, diplomatic and economic fields.
- Assam Outcome (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
The ground has shifted from under Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s feet, but not perhaps as much as he might have feared. No party has managed a majority in Assam’s 126-member Assembly, but the ruling Congress has got close enough to be confident . . .
- Home Again (Telegraph, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
Heart-rending, heart-warming fiction, or hard history? Telinipara, around which this moving family chronicle unfolds, is of course no imaginary spot.
- Terror On The Mountains (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
On the politics and practice of massacres in the Jammu region in the wake of the killings in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Orientalism And Its Discontents (Frontline, Shelley Walia, May 12, 2006)
The book ignores the rigour of Edward Said's work and his explorations of critical issues of cultural representation.
- India Has Become A Nation Of Clerks To The World, Says Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The former Union Minister laments country's loss of civilisational glory
- Caroe's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 12, 2006)
The book dips into archival material to trace the strategic thinking of Sir Olaf Caroe, a distinguished Foreign Secretary of the Raj.
- Two-Thirds Majority For Ldf In Kerala (Hindu, Roy Mathew, May 12, 2006)
5.65 percentage point difference between two fronts; seven Ministers of Oommen Chandy Cabinet lose
- Whose Per Capita Income? (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 12, 2006)
The announcement by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, during his inaugural address at the Pakistan Development Forum 2006 on Wednesday in Islamabad, that Pakistan's per capita income is likely to reach the $800 mark by end-June, is by all means great news.
- India’S Communists Emerge Main Winners In State Polls (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
India’s Marxists scored two significant electoral victories on Thursday, tightening their grip on power in their West Bengal bastion and defeating a Congress-led alliance in the southern state of Kerala.
- Cong Watch Out! Left Coming With Hammer & Sickle (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, May 12, 2006)
While the results of the five Assembly polls were along expected lines, the extent of Left domination is bound to send alarm bells ringing within the Congress and disturb the delicate balance of power in the Manmohan Singh Government.
- Destination Moon (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
The memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday between the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Mr G Madhavan Nair, and the Administrator of the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mr Michael Griffin, is . . .
- India's Uncared Masses Abroad (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 12, 2006)
No Government can claim a place at the world's high table if its citizens need dirty, poorly paid jobs abroad where every despot and dictator can kick them around.
- Victim Praises The Killer (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, May 12, 2006)
Dhundup Gyalpo's article, "Dalai Lama and Islam" (May 2), has made a sentimental but factually weak defence of Dalai Lama's erroneous statement that Islam is a religion of compassion.
- The Essential Struggle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Civil war may look atrocious, but it is the only way that can lead to peace in Iraq, as history has shown elsewhere, says Edward Luttwak.
- Valley Of Death And Despair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee must be applauded for rejecting the call for demilitarisation of Kashmir, says Cecil Victor.
- When Right To Life Is Questioned... (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
It's time for Hindus to change, if they want to survive in Jammu & Kashmir, their mindset of depending too much on state for security, says RK Ohri
- For A While, Ajmal Scent Of Success Had Gogoi Gasping (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, May 12, 2006)
A week before the elections, veteran Congressman and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had said, ‘‘I don’t give a damn to Badruddin Ajmal. I can even cause a split in his AUDF.’’
- Cong May Retain Power In Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The 12th Assembly polls in Assam resulted in a hung House, but the ruling Congress has emerged as the single largest party and seems set to retain power in the state.
- “Boom Bust Cycles” (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 12, 2006)
Speaking at the Pakistan Development Forum, World Bank Vice-President for South Asia Praful Patel’s reference to Pakistan’s long history of boom-bust cycles was appropriate.
- Arrested Militant Underwent Training In Bangladesh (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , May 12, 2006)
Met a dozen militants from Hyderabad
LeT militants are sent to training camps in Pakistan
Militants planning big strike, perhaps in Delhi
- Kalam Promises Steps To Ensure Return Of Pandits To Valley (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Delegation attributes Doda massacre to the lopsided policy of the Central and State Governments
Village defence committees should be given advanced training
Government should create political space for Pandits till peace returns to Valley
Demand for
- The Dead Sea Is Shrinking (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 12, 2006)
'Can the Dead Sea be allowed to die?' is a question that concerns environmentalists of West Asia, who are also alarmed by the prospect of River Jordan going dry
- `India A Nation Of Clerks To The World' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi mourns country's loss of civilisational glory
Seminar on `Bharatiya Heritage in Engineering and Technology' held
`Ancient India had every kind of technology and science'
- ‘People Around The World Are Flocking To God. Don’T You Want To . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
Last week, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad sent a letter to US President George W Bush. It was the first personal communication from an Iranian president to his US counterpart since the 1979 Islamic revolution. We reproduce extracts from the letter:
- Advantage Left (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2006)
The five state election results offer the Left much to celebrate, demand that the Congress be stoic, and give the NDA a knockout punch. The Left Front has retained office in West Bengal for the seventh consecutive time and with an enhanced majority.
- Third Front, What? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
A rather cynical political experiment in Assam has failed. Lessons for the Left there
- A Failed State Of Understanding (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, May 12, 2006)
Pakistan’s irate response to its rating on the Failed States Index is a knee-jerk denial
- Whose Freedom? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 12, 2006)
Normally it would have been taken as a positive signal from Muzaffarabad, the Capital of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- And A More Stable Polity (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 12, 2006)
The results of the recent assembly elections in five states, along with Sonia Gandhi’s resounding victory in the Rae Bareli by-election, strengthen the ruling coalition and the government at the Centre.
- Cong Proves Naysayers Wrong (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, May 12, 2006)
Despite the dark prophecies, Congress at final count has acquitted itself fairly well by capturing power in three states along with its allies, which include retaining the pole position in Assam, where it faced a stiff challenge from AGP and a new . . .
- Left Wins In Bengal, Kerala (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, May 12, 2006)
Recording a stunning electoral victory in West Bengal for a record seventh time coupled with riding a strong anti-incumbency wave as well as breaking fresh ground in Kerala, the Left parties have not only emerged stronger but determined to take on . . .
- The Smallness Of Godly Things (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, May 11, 2006)
THE PROPOSAL of the Centre to give Jains minority status is yet another bizarre example of how warped our thinking on the relationship between identity and citizenship has become.
- Remembering Mahajan (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, May 11, 2006)
When he was alive, the RSS always had an ambivalent attitude towards Pramod Mahajan, and though his tragic death has invoked fulsome tributes in the Organiser, some of that ambivalence creeps through. In a front-page . . .
- Indian Obduracy (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
DESPITE much flexibility having been displayed by General Musharraf on Kashmir, Islamabad has not succeeded in making a dent in Indian obduracy.
- Advani Calls For Joint Commemoration Of 1857 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Going back to the “shared past” of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in the form of “India’s first war of independence in 1857”, leader of Opposition Mr LK Advani today urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to explore the possibilities of a . . .
- Religious & Cultural Tolerance (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, May 11, 2006)
Baba Farid believed in religious and cultural tolerance inspiring inter-faith love and harmony by the Punjabi Sufi Saint.
- Art Of Rigging In Bangladesh (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, May 11, 2006)
The ruling alliance in Bangladesh, spearheaded by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeIB), is all set to rig the forthcoming elections to the country's National Parliament early next year.
- Who Will Be The Top Gun? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 11, 2006)
Musharaff claims to be negotiating a deal with Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto
- Old Horse Karunanidhi Gallops In Tamil Nadu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
As counting of the millions of votes cast in the staggered assembly elections is underway, at least three major states may get new governments.
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