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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 19042:
- Pakistan To Help Dutch Deploy Troops In Urzgan (Daily Times, Mohammad Imran, May 04, 2006)
Pakistan will help the Netherlands deploy its troops in the Urzgan province of Afghanistan as part of NATO forces, decided a meeting between Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal and his Dutch counterpart Henricus Gregorius Jozeph in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- Rocket-Rattling Over Iran (Deccan Herald, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Till now, what has prevented the crisis in Iraq from becoming a total debacle for the US has been the open collaboration of the Iranian clerics.
- Advani Calls For Bjp-Muslim Unity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Has the negative outlook towards the BJP helped the minorities or the nation at large? Floating the question to Indian Muslims, veteran BJP leader L K Advani took a dig at the Congress party for trying to divide the Nation by harping on “minority . . .
- Cbi To Probe J&k Sex Scandal (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 04, 2006)
It allegedly involves politicians, bureaucrats and police officers
- Same Sc Bench Delivers Two Different Verdicts On Prohibition (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, May 04, 2006)
The Supreme Court has delivered two judgments, within a span of 10 days, on issuance of liquor licences by state governments one saying it is optional for a state to practise prohibition and the other making a positive assertion that governments . . .
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Time Is Running Out For Tehran (Pioneer, Pyotr Romanov, May 04, 2006)
The US war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq was a precursor to the eventual or inevitable conflict with Iran, says Pyotr Romanov
- Call Against Terror (Times of India, MAHENDRA VED, May 04, 2006)
The killing of telecom engineer K Suryanarayana in Afghanistan once again raises the question of whe-ther India, Afghanistan and Pakistan should launch a joint battle against terror. But that is easier said than done.
- Brute Force (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 04, 2006)
Even a minor incident involving violence in Gujarat rings alarm bells. This is related to the track record of Mr Narendra Modi’s government in quelling violence through effective administrative action.
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration's recent decision to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) in the Specially Designated Global Terrorist Designation (SDGT) category has not come too soon.
- Pm, Hurriyat Agree To Evolve Mechanism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held the second rounds of talks with the moderate Hurriyat Conference during which both the sides discussed "sensitive and important" issues and agreed to evolve a mechanism to resolve Kashmir issue amicably . . .
- Manmohan Urges Hurriyat To Propose Mechanism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night asked the Hurriyat Conference to suggest mechanism to address intractable issue of Kashmir.
- 'Gandhi Is More Relevant Than Marx Today' (Times of India, Avijit Ghosh, May 04, 2006)
Historian Bipan Chandra, 77, is well known for his writings on Indian national movement and communalism. He has recently co-edited, along with fellow historians Mridula Mukherjee and Aditya Mukherjee, a 10-volume series on Modern Indian History . . .
- The Great Game In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, May 04, 2006)
The 41-year-old telecom engineer from Hyderabad K. Suryanarayana was found beheaded in Afghanistan in a new Great Game in which tactics are becoming more cold-blooded and motives less concealed.
- Food Is Medicine, Psychology And Status (Deccan Herald, N SHAKUNTALA MANAY, May 04, 2006)
The way food is offered says a whole lot about the personality of the person who is offering it.
- Taliban Attack Party To Stop Music (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A group of Taliban stormed a wedding ceremony to disrupt a music programme, wounding one man a few days after they ordered Bhittani tribesmen to grow beards, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday.
- A Move Long Overdue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
The report that the federal government is thinking in terms of transferring four subjects to the provinces deserves to be welcomed because it gives an indication of Islamabad’s belated awareness of the need for greater devolution of power to the . . .
- Chapter Closed (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 04, 2006)
Pakistan has closed the chapter on the Dr A Q Khan. At the same time, it made clear on Tuesday that it is for its own government to determine the status of a Pakistani religious organisation. "As far as we are concerned this chapter is closed,"
- Festival Of Paradise (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
W ith the coming of the Bab, the prophet-herald of the Bahai faith, people were introduced to a new division of time. There would be nineteen months in a year.
- Quotas And Social Justice (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, May 04, 2006)
The justification for quotas should be economic backwardness and not any subjective criterion
- Another Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
After a lull, there is some forward movement on the India-Pakistan diplomatic front. At the end of two days of official-level talks, the two countries have decided to take some more confidence-building measures (CBM).
- Horse-Trading (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
THE report that the Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled two of its NWFP MPAs, including a Minister in the provincial cabinet, from the party on Tuesday after a special committee constituted by it came to the conclusion that they had not cast their vote for . . .
- Pak Uzbek Ties (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
ON Tuesday, Uzbek President Islam Karimov held talks with General Musharraf in Islamabad after which the two leaders addressed a press conference.
- To Succeed One Must Be Authentic? (Deccan Herald, Sarfraz Manzoor, May 04, 2006)
This is the story of two books. Foxy-T was published three years ago. Set in the heart of east London, its characters’ dialogue was rendered in ‘Banglish’, a thick mix of English, Cockney and Bangladeshi spoken by the children of Bangladeshi immigrants.
- Yemen’S Al Qaeda No. 2 Jailed For 3 Years (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Al Qaeda's alleged number-two in Yemen was sentenced Wednesday by a Sanaa court to three years and a month in prison after the prosecutor had asked for death.
- Hamas Could Match Israeli Peace Moves — Mishaal (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Hamas could reciprocate Israeli moves towards peace if the Jewish state agrees to withdraw from all lands occupied in 1967 and acknowledges Palestinian rights, the group's political leader Khaled Mishaal said on Wednesday.
- Army Deployed In Vadodara (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, May 04, 2006)
Centre moves swiftly to check violence
Violence erupted on Monday killing six people
Decision taken to deploy Army after Modi briefs Centre
No relaxation in indefinite curfew
- Karimov’S Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
THE visit of Uzbek President Islam Karimov to Pakistan has led to greater understanding between the two countries. The leadership of Pakistan and Uzbekistan has vowed to expand bilateral commerce and economic relations
- Hurriyat Sits Down With Pm Today, Wants ‘Specifics’ To Take Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, May 03, 2006)
When Hurriyat Conference leaders sit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow for direct talks, the stakes are high for both sides: this round will determine the future of the Centre’s ambitious Kashmir all-party roundtables, its relationship . . .
- Plumbing The Depths Of Indian Widowhood (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, May 03, 2006)
It was 11 years ago, but the image of a widow's wretchedness etched itself into the soul of Deepa Mehta , the Indian-born filmmaker who has made a career of deconstructing India's darkest taboos in sparse cinematic works of art.
- Iran Must Be Tamed, Now (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, May 03, 2006)
In the Cold War era, when there were five relatively responsible nuclear powers, the prophets of doom were much in business with their apocalyptic predictions about mushroom clouds and a nuclear winter. Ironically, today, when Iran, which has . . .
- The Conspiracy Of Selective Silence (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, May 03, 2006)
When a mosque was demolished in India there was an international outcry, but nothing when a temple was destroyed in Malaysia, says Seema Sarin
- Violence Overshadows Pm's Kashmir Peace Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri separatists will try to revive a faltering peace process on Wednesday in talks overshadowed by this week's massacre of Hindus and resurgent violence in the disputed region.
- Sacred Space, Uncommon Ground (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, May 03, 2006)
On Monday morning, the removal of an old dargah by municipal authorities in Vadodara was apparently a simple civic demolition exercise.
- Vadodara Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
Monday's violence in Vadodara over the demolition of a Sufi dargah deserves more than passing attention. The fact that it left four persons dead and 21 injured is certainly one reason for this. More important, however, is the question whether there . . .
- Man Burnt To Death In New Rioting In Baroda (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A Hindu mob burnt to death a Muslim man in his car in new violence in Baroda early on Wednesday, raising the toll in clashes sparked by demolition of a Sufi shrine to six, police said.
- Stand Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 03, 2006)
It is time for all men of courage having faith in communal harmony to stand up and be counted.
- Balloon In Air (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 03, 2006)
About two years ago a group of Indian journalists had an interesting inter-action with "Azad" Kashmir "Prime Minister" Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan in Muzaffarabad, the Capital of the occupied territory.
- Two Sides Of The Reservation Divide (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Quota rivals hit the streets of the capital as protests spread across the country
- Tough Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 2006)
The massacre near Jammu on May Day serves to highlight the fragility of the peace in Jammu and Kashmir. The gunning down of 22 Hindus is second in scale to the killing of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in March 2003.
- War In Waziristan (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, May 03, 2006)
THE situation in Pakistan’s tribal badlands of Waziristan is fast spiralling out of control.
- India, Iran Energy Deals Under Cloud (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 03, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government’s anti-Tehran vote on the nuclear issue seems to have cost dearly with Iran taking a tough stand on the $22 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal and Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline amidst fears that crude oil . . .
- A Case Of Sour Grapes (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, May 03, 2006)
Pakistan has lost little time in mounting a campaign against the Indo-US nuclear deal, arguing that any such arrangement should be a common package for both. The element of terror and blackmail in its campaign is hard to overlook.
- Incredible Power Of Prayer In Healing And Redeeming (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
Prayer is an earnest hope or a wish, a request for help or expression of thanks made to God. Petition is that kind of prayer which begs for determinate objects.
- As Jhelum Courses Down (Indian Express, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, May 03, 2006)
Four seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were contested and won on April 24, 2006. Of these, all apart from the Bhaderwah seat, won handsomely by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, fall in the Kashmir region. So what, the reader will ask
- Us Official Reports Al Qaeda Figure’S Arrest In Quetta (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
top Al Qaeda leader whose links stretch from Afghan terror training camps to extremist networks operating throughout Europe has been captured in Pakistan, according to a US law-enforcement official.
- Dutch Ask For Intelligence Sharing In Afghanistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The Netherlands on Tuesday called for increased intelligence sharing between Pakistani authorities and Dutch troops whose deployment is being beefed up in southern Afghanistan. Some 400 Dutch military personnel are already deployed in Uruzgan . . .
- Three-Nation Military Exercises Begin (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Afghan, Pakistani and US troops began two days of joint military exercises on Tuesday aimed at better coordinating the hunt for Al Qaeda and Taliban militants, officials said.
- End The Killings Now (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2006)
Sunday night's carnage in the mountains of Doda and Udhampur has demonstrated how surreal the idea of peace remains for ordinary people in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Provocative Act (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 03, 2006)
Trouble in Vadodara was due to insensitivity
- Give Us Weapons Or We Will Migrate, Say Doda Survivors (Hindu, Luv Puri , May 03, 2006)
"We do not want to live here with a permanent scare and a feeling of insecurity."
- Pak, Uzbek To Expand Trade, Economic Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf and his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov Tuesday vowed to expand bilateral commerce and economic relations with the visiting leader also voicing support for Pakistan’s gaining full membership of the Shanghai . . .
- Three Years After Bush Declared ‘Mission Accomplished,’ Outlook Still . . . (Jordan Times, LEE KEATH, May 03, 2006)
At the edge of a southern Iraqi city, a refugee family huddles in a tin shack, its hope of jobs and security gone. A northern businessman dreams of opening a store in Baghdad, but the violence puts him off. In the south, a young woman glances . . .
- Social Groups, Rights Activists Condemn Kashmir Killings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Centre must examine issues of minorities in different parts of the country
Terror acts aimed at dividing people
Government should conduct public hearings in the State
- Murder In Kashmir: Don’T Get Derailed! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 03, 2006)
Gunmen dressed in combat fatigues shot dead 23 Hindus in two remote villages of Doda district in Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir late Sunday night.
- Us Won’T Remove Nepal Maoists From Terror List (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Indonesian anti-terror police have arrested another man suspected of links with key terrorist suspect Noordin Mohammad Top,national police deputy spokesman said on Wednesday.
- Defence Vs Development (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 03, 2006)
THE government has traditionally adopted an ambiguous stance on its defence budget.
- Why Bear Insults? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 03, 2006)
THE unsolicited and, indeed, highly undesirable comments Indian film actor Feroze Khan made while in Lahore about Pakistani Muslims, followed by his reference to the so-called great progress their counterparts in India were making, and his rude and . . .
- Pakistan And India Close To Accord On Trade Across Loc (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 03, 2006)
India and Pakistan are close to an agreement on trans-Kashmir trade and a new bus service, possibly before Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to Islamabad.
- Finality To Litigation (Business Standard, M J Antony, May 03, 2006)
The Supreme Court has asked high courts not to entertain repeated appeals in the same case.
- A Timely Reminder (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 03, 2006)
MR Shaukat Aziz has rightly asserted that free trade with India is not possible without resolving the political disputes.
- Cautious Iran (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, May 03, 2006)
In an effort to deter the international community from imposing sanctions against Iran, the mullahs are trying to instill fear in the Western capitals that if pushed to the wall, they will resort to extreme measures.
- The Gathering Storm Over Iran (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, May 03, 2006)
in the heat of the crisis over German intervention in Czechoslovakia, Winston Churchill appealed to the United States to help thwart the Nazi war machine.
- Politics And Practice Of Communal Massacres In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 02, 2006)
Militant groups have long used death as an instrument to derail efforts towards détente
Scale of communal strikes has dropped since 2002, but periodic attacks continue
Terror campaign aimed at causing at large-scale migration of Hindus
- Truck And Bus On Pak Talks Table (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Indian and Pakistani officials will meet in Delhi tomorrow to firm up more confidence-building measures to close the gap between the Kashmirs.
- Rahul Gandhi In Maya Land? (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, May 02, 2006)
It is difficult being Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. It cannot be easy being Rahul Gandhi in all of U.P — a minefield of castes and religions and the land of the emerging empress, Mayawati.
It is difficult being Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.
- India's Troubles In Afghanistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 02, 2006)
Forced out of power in Afghanistan in 2001, the Taliban remains an oppressively domineering militia outside the bounds of civilised, humane conduct.
- A Good Decision All The Same (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 02, 2006)
DESPITE opposition from Washington, Pakistan and Iran have agreed to go ahead with a bilateral pipeline project bringing gas from Iran.
- Four Killed In Vadodara (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Violence sparked by demolition of dargah
Authorities pulled down structure to widen road
2 killed in police firing, two in stabbing incidents
Indefinite curfew declared in six areas
Situation tense but under control: police
- Strengthening Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2006)
Indo-Uzbek ties should help combat terrorism
- Adieu, Foxbats: Iaf Sheds Its Eyes In Stratosphere (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, May 02, 2006)
They flew amidst the stars, literally, for three decades and created aviation folklore by flying in a zone where no other aircraft ever thought of going.
- Carnage In Doda (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 02, 2006)
Communal killings are back again in J & K
- An Evil Mindset (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 02, 2006)
Each time one sees Bimal Roy's Kabuliwala one is moved to tears. It is cinematic adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's poignant story of a seller of dry fruits from Kabul and the emotional rapport he strikes with a Bengali family.
- Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 02, 2006)
ALTHOUGH with Iran’s nuclear crisis hovering over the region’s head, it would remain uncertain whether Pakistan can continue to show an unflagging determination to go ahead with the gas pipeline project against US pressure, till it actually comes . . .
- An Act Of Terrorism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 02, 2006)
The murder of 22 Hindus in a village in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Sunday is a despicable act of terrorism and deserves unqualified condemnation.
- Sorrows Of The Quake Victims (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, May 02, 2006)
According to a news report, more than 100 earthquake survivors clashed with the police recently in Mujohi, a village near Muzaffarabad, over new rules regarding compensation for quake-damaged homes, leaving a few people injured.
- Shujaat’S People-Friendly Proposal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 02, 2006)
AT a time when the budget-making is in the process, the President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Ch Shujaat Hussain has given a very pertinent proposal for consideration of the authorities concerned.
- In The Wilderness (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 02, 2006)
Speaking in what look like riddles to the common man, the ARD announced on Sunday its priorities.
- Remember Oil Prices? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 02, 2006)
WITH prices rising practically across the board, it is little surprise that the oil price phenomenon remained largely forgotten for the seven months it did not register a rise.
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