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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 19042:
- Civil Unrest Speading In Pak’S Baluchistan (Deccan Herald, Carlotta Gall, Apr 03, 2006)
Explosions at gas pipelines and railroad tracks are common in this remote desert region. Now, roadside bombs and artillery shells are, too. More than 100 civilians have been killed in recent months, along with dozens of government security forces.
- A Hoax Called Terror Gwynne Dyer (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
“You’re allowed to lie for jihad. You’re allowed any technique to defeat your enemy,” Zacarias Moussaoui told the Virginia court room, trying to explain why he had changed his story about not being directly involved in the 9/11 plot. Now he wants to die a
- A Silver Streak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 01, 2006)
Leaders of different parts of the State as it had existed in 1947 agree to disagree.
- India Ready To Have Dialogue With ‘Kashmiri Militants’ (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Apr 01, 2006)
Islamabad—Indian High Commissioner S. Menon said here on Friday that his government was ready to talk with all Kashmiri factions including militant groups as Indian Constitution allowed such talks for the peace and security of the country
- Al-Tuwairqi’S Investment In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 01, 2006)
Tuwairqi Group is setting up a state-of-the-art Steel Mills in the Port Qasim area of Karachi. The $ 130 million project would help meet growing steel requirements of the country and provide job opportunities to 3,500 engineers and technicians directly.
- Assam Elections (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 01, 2006)
The political landscape in Assam since the 2001 assembly elections has undergone drastic changes, as a result of which all parties in the April fray enjoy long odds.
- A Chance Arrest, Say Police (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
They stopped Shah after he alighted from the Mumbai-bound Dadar Express
- Trading By Safta Norms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 01, 2006)
Extension of SAFTA facilities by Islamabad to trade with India tantamounts to according the MFN treatment.
- Amid Protests, Rice Acknowledges U.S. Errors In Iraq (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday the United States had probably made thousands of errors in Iraq but defended the overall strategy of removing Saddam Hussein.
- Making Statute A Plaything (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Apr 01, 2006)
On December 27, 1970, Indira Gandhi came under siege after the Supreme Court declared the abolition of Privy Purses unconstitutional. She stunned everyone by recommending the dissolution of the Lok Sabha and early elections.
- Musharraf, Aziz Discuss Cabinet, Law And Order (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Agree to continue Balochistan, Waziristan operations
PM’s visit to UN also discussed
- Poor Cousin? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 01, 2006)
One would share the anguish expressed by
Legislative Council Chairman Abdul Rashid Dar
about bypassing the Ladakh region in Government's written replies in the House. His observation is apt: ""Ladakh is part of Jammu and Kashmir State.
- Strong Quake Kills 70 In West Iran (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
A strong earthquake hit western Iran today, killing at least 70 people and devastating villages, a provincial official said.
- Kiwi Woman’S Murder: Sc Stays Death Penalty (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence of a convict in the murder of New Zealand woman mountaineer Diana Clare Roultley, who had gone missing from Varanasi eight years ago and whose skeletal remains were later recovered by the police . . .
- An Impossibility (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 01, 2006)
The Nagas have to realise that it is not possible for New Delhi to redraw the map of Nagaland
- Condoleezza Rice Visits Britain Amid Protests (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began a two-day tour of cities in northern Britain amid tight security on Friday following protests from Muslim groups and pupils at a school she is due to visit.
- Unsc’S Ultimatum To Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 01, 2006)
After three weeks of intense negotiations, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a presidential statement on Wednesday giving Iran thirty days to halt its uranium enrichment activity.
- Rifled Relations (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Apr 01, 2006)
Men of the Bangladesh Rifles engaged those of India's Border Security Force in an exchange of gunfire on Wednesday, March 22, the last day of Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's recent three-day visit to this country.
- Hollow Promises (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 01, 2006)
Had it just been a promise to provide free colour television sets to households that do not have one if voted to power, we could have laughed away the DMK's election manifesto for the coming Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu. But since the DMK has chosen . . .
- Thaksin And Thailand's Snap Polls (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Apr 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, with his pro-poor image, is pitted against an Opposition that has accused him of manipulating the political system for his benefit.
- Time Bomb (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 01, 2006)
In giving Iran 30 days to bring its suspect uranium enrichment into conformity with international safeguards, the UN has been extraordinarily fair.
- Iraqis Face More Brutal Life With Each Passing Month (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Apr 01, 2006)
Terror and chaos reign, and the titanic challenge of ensuring political stability has barely begun to be addressed.
- Tentative Steps To Iron Out Differences (Pioneer, MK Dhar, Apr 01, 2006)
Even though the recent visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to Delhi has helped partly lift the clouds of mistrust over relations between the two countries, determined follow-up action is needed to consolidate the gains of the . . .
- Free Trade Among Neighbours (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Apr 01, 2006)
Indian officials are cautious in their expectations of Pakistan with regard to the South Asian Free Trade Agreement.
- There's No Meeting Of Minds (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 01, 2006)
The bridge between Delhi and Dhaka remains in a state of permanent disrepair because neither country's leadership is willing to walk the extra mile, says Sreeradha Datta
- Taliban Call For Jihad As Italy Grants Refugee Status To Convert (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Abdul Rahman, the Afghan Christian who narrowly escaped the death penalty after converting from Islam, has been formally granted refugee status in Italy, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday.
- Pakistan For Friendly Ties With Afghanistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Mar 31, 2006)
Pakistan on Thursday emphasised its close relationship with Afghanistan and a desire for close and friendly relations despite the fact that last week 16 Pakistanis were murdered by gun-toting Afghans. Afghanistan has as yet to notify Pakistan about . . .
- Diamer-Bhasha Dam To Bring Prosperity: Pm (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam will usher in an era of prosperity and development in Northern Areas and NWFP as billions of rupees will be spent there and thousands of job opportunities will be created.
- Uk Mp Urges Pakistan And India To Demilitarise Loc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Kasuri tells delegation Kashmir solution essential to peace
British parliamentarian and attorney general Dominic Grieve has urged Pakistan and India to pull back troops from across the Line of Control (LoC).
- The Status Of Northern Areas (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Mar 31, 2006)
Rebutting India’s recent claim that Gilgit-Baltistan was an integral part of its territory, the Pakistan foreign office has stated that as part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the area is a disputed territory the final status of which is yet . . .
- Accountability In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Mar 31, 2006)
Islam is a multifaceted religion where awareness of Divine rights has been given on the one hand and a functional network of an Islamic state has been laid down on the other.
- Us Nuclear Policy In South Asia (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Mar 31, 2006)
The US Assistant secretary of state for South and central Asia, Richard Boucher, told the South Asian journalists that “Pakistan’s energy requirements and economic needs are different from those of India”.
- Rbi To Pen Norms For Global Finance Centre (Business Standard, Monica Gupta, Mar 31, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India will formulate guidelines for the proposed International Financial Services Centre in Mumbai and the overseas banking units to be located in special economic zones within 60 days.
- Kashmir Solution On Kashmiri Wishes: Pm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Any permanent solution of the Kashmir dispute should be based on the aspirations of the Kashmiri people because it is the only way to bring sustainable peace in South Asia, said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday.
- Does One Rae Bareli Make All Of U.P.? (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Mar 31, 2006)
There is little to suggest that Sonia Gandhi's party is on a comeback trail in the one State that figures big in its calculations.
- Is The Isi Cracking Down On Islamist Terror Groups? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 31, 2006)
String of attacks on jihadi leadership sparks speculation
The former head of the Harkat ul-Mujahideen kidnapped and beaten
A Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader shot dead
An effort to coerce anti-Musharraf Islamists, says India
- Hamas Assumes Office Amid Threats Of Isolation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Mar 31, 2006)
Abbas swears in 24-member Cabinet, including one woman
The new Palestinian Government led by Hamas has assumed office amid growing threats of a financial boycott and political isolation by the United States, Europe and Israel.
- Indians Turn Back Justice Bhagwandas (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 31, 2006)
Indian immigration authorities on Wednesday told Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistan’s first Hindu acting chief justice, and his family to get off the Lahore-Amritsar bus at the Wagah border crossing and sent them back.
- Danish Muslims Sue Newspaper (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
A group of 27 Danish Muslim organisations have filed a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper that first published the contentious Prophet Muhammed cartoons, their lawyer said on Thursday.
- Nothing Exclusive (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Will the central government be able to muster up the courage to restrict — or redefine — the functioning of Shariat courts in this country?
- Kashmir Going To Back Burner (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 31, 2006)
The just concluded trade talks between Pakistan and India indicate that the two countries have been moving speedily to promote trade and other links despite the much emphasised stand of Pakistan Government that close relationship between the . . .
- Thirteen States Meet To Counter Rising Maoist Menace (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Mar 31, 2006)
Rattled by a wave of Maoist attacks that have left hundreds dead, officials from 13 Indian states will meet on Friday to try to stem a rebellion that is menacing huge swathes of the country's centre, east and south.
- World Powers Say Iran Must Curb Nuclear Ambitions (Reuters, LOUIS CHARBONNEAU, Mar 31, 2006)
The world's major powers told Iran on Thursday it must heed a U.N. call to curb its nuclear programme or face isolation, but Tehran refused to budge.
- Pak Backing Jihadi Group In Lanka: Ltte (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Mar 31, 2006)
The Pakistani intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is backing a Muslim terrorist group called "Jihad" in Eastern Sri Lanka, the LTTE's ideologue and chief peace negotiator, Anton Balasingham, charged on Wednesday.
- Pak Concerned Over Us-India N-Deal (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
As the US Administration seeks a waiver from the US Congress for the implementation of US-India Agreement on Civilian Nuclear Cooperation, Islamabad has once again communicated to US government about Pakistan’s concerns and said that the grant . . .
- Kashmir Militants Ready For Conditional Truce - Report (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
The chief of an alliance of Muslim militant groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir said the rebels would consider a truce if New Delhi recognises the region as "disputed", a report said on Thursday.
- Election Comm Asks States To Seal Borders With Assam (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Ahead of polls in Assam, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday issued directives to all neighbouring States to seal their borders with Assam as part of precautionary security measures.
- Dmk's Manifesto (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 31, 2006)
Within living memory there has been nothing that comes anywhere near the election manifesto of the DMK.
- Hizb To Play Political Role (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Mar 31, 2006)
Armed confrontation will recede as the dialogue process moves forward: Salahuddin
- Embracing India As A Rising Power (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Mar 31, 2006)
Another type of earthquake hit the Indian Ocean area last week. It was a tectonic shift by the US to form a close strategic partnership with India, land of a billion people, nuclear weapons, and a huge Muslim population.
- Harkat Leader Thrashed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Unidentified gunmen abducted and beat up a leader of an outlawed militant group linked to al-Qaeda, inflicting severe head injuries before releasing him, one of his aides said on Wednesday.
- Poll: Raw Deal For Kerala Women (Deccan Herald, R Gopakumar, Mar 30, 2006)
When it comes to gender equality, Kerala comes out on top. In fact, Kerala is the only state in the country where the gender ratio is biologically correct: women outnumber men with 1,058 women for every 933 men. But think of elections and . . .
- Acting Pak Cj’S Kin Denied Entry At Wagah (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Mar 30, 2006)
An unsavoury situation arose at the Wagah joint check post when Immigration authorities denied entry to seven members of the family of Justice Rana Bhagwandas, first Hindu acting Chief Justice of Pakistan.
- Tea, Basmati To Redefine Ties Between India, Pak (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 30, 2006)
For the first time in six decades, commerce is set to become equal partner of diplomacy in India-Pakistan relations and tea and basmati rice are going to redefine relations between the two neighbours.
- Limits Of Representation (Times of India, Maroof Raza, Mar 30, 2006)
Successive governments in India have toyed with statistical data about Muslims in general and resorted to tokenism in an attempt to win over the Muslim vote bank.
- Global Issues To Reflect On Polls: Pinarayi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Says IUML not interested in the welfare of the Muslim community
Accuses UPA Government of deviating from non-alignment policy
Says that Left's interventionist prowess has increased at the national level
- Changing Geostrategic Landscape (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Mar 30, 2006)
President George W. Bush’s recent visit to Pakistan continues to be the subject of debate and discourse at all levels and in every segment of our society.
- Prince Charles Lauds Water Conservation Efforts (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Mar 30, 2006)
Marwar villagers have shown extraordinary resilience
Inaugurates conference on sustainable water future
Goes round cluster of villages
Also watches women making papads in their kitchen
- Endorsing Return Of Stolen Inheritance (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Mar 30, 2006)
Israelis convivced themselves that this was to be the dull election, the one marked by record low turnout and apathy. A people who complain they live in a land with too much history seemed in no mood to make some more.
- Nation Salutes Female Pilots (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 30, 2006)
The Convention ceremony of the 116th General Duty (Pilots) Course at the College of Flying Training, PAF Risalpur Academy, held on Tuesday, had a distinct feature. Aviation cadets who received Bachelor of Science degrees included a pioneering . . .
- A Pat On Secretaries’ Back (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that senior bureaucrats are a national asset and they should act as change agents.
- Pakistan Dissatisfied With Indo-Pak Trade (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 30, 2006)
Pakistan's Commerce Secretary Asif Shah has expressed dissatisfaction with the volume of Pakistan’s exports to India due to the non-tariff barriers and high tariff rates. Talking to newsmen after the first day’s talks on economic and . . .
- Pakistan, India Plan Cross-Border Banking (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 30, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Wednesday issued a joint statement after two days of talks on economic and commercial cooperation within the framework of composite dialogue with a resolve that both sides would expeditiously conclude talks on . . .
- Pathetic Condition Of Urdu Schools (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 30, 2006)
Enlightened education should be ensured for the Muslim community
- Khyber Agency Fighting (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 30, 2006)
Another example of how religion can be exploited for petty purposes and can lead to death and destruction can be seen in what happened in Khyber Agency on Monday and Tuesday.
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Timing Not Helpful - Germany (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
A civil nuclear energy deal struck between the United States and India this month was not helpful given that it came in the midst of talks on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions, Germany's foreign minister said.
- U.S. Cuts Off Contacts With Hamas-Led Government (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Mar 30, 2006)
The United States ordered its diplomats and contractors on Wednesday to cut off contacts with Palestinian ministries after a Hamas-led government was sworn in, the State Department said.
- Climate Deal To Fail Without Us, China And India: Blair (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called Wednesday for an international agreement on tackling climate change, but warned that any deal would fail unless it included the United States, China and India.
- ‘No Rehabilitation For Kashmir Militants’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 30, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday voted out a resolution calling for the return and rehabilitation of youth who had crossed over to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pakistan, India To Ease Business Visas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
* Shipping agreement soon
* Agreement to expedite talks on air service
* Next round of talks expected in May
Pakistan and India have announced several steps as part of their plans to boost bilateral trade and improve economic relations.
- India Registers Trade Surplus With Pakistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
India has registered a trade surplus of about 260 million dollars in its trade with Pakistan while New Delhi's exports to Islamabad stood at USD 547.458 million in the current fiscal so far.
- Rhetoric Divorced From Reality (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Mar 30, 2006)
India must adopt a carrot-and-stick policy while dealing with Bangladesh, says G Parthasarathy
- Where There Is Smoke... (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 30, 2006)
On March 20, a division bench of Gujarat High Court comprising Justices MS Shah and SG Dave, rejecting the appeal of the Union Railway Ministry for vacation of the stay on tabling of the UC Banerjee Commission report in Parliament observed . . .
- India — Monuments And Museums (Daily Times, Razi Azmi, Mar 30, 2006)
Rajasthan gained infamy in 1987 when, in the village of Deorala, the widowed Roop Kanwar performed sati under controversial circumstances burning herself to death at her husband’s funeral pyre, watched by over 100 people.
- Musharraf Pledges To Develop Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Says he will chair all investment conferences
* Inaugurates Islamic bank in Karachi, gas supply project at Gwadar
- Allahabad Imam Held For Varanasi Blasts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh probing the 3/7 Varanasi serial blasts has picked up Imam Waliullah, the Pesh Imam of Phulpur in Allahabad for his alleged involvement in the terror attack.
- West's Economic Apartheid (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Mar 30, 2006)
If Mittal Steel's bid fails, India must renege on those commitments within economic reforms that could jeopardise its sovereignty, says Anuradha Dutt
- Don't You Wish You Were A Tn Voter? (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Mar 30, 2006)
DMK promises free colour TVs, rice at Rs 2 per kg ---- Desperate to return to power in Tamil Nadu, the DMK on Wednesday released a highly populist election manifesto that included an astounding promise to provide colour television sets . . .
- Providing Water, Power And Gas To All (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Mar 30, 2006)
AT a time when people are clamouring to have at least a small share of the fruits of high economic growth, President Musharraf has promised water, power and gas for all by 2008, and if possible by the end of 2007.
- Blossoming Mutinies In Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 30, 2006)
India-Pakistandétenteis transfiguring the structure of power within Jammu and Kashmir, sparking off an energetic struggle amongst political groups.
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