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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 19042:
- Fake Ration Cards (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Feb 28, 2006)
On coming to power in 1977, the CPI-M hit a gold mine through Bangladeshi infiltration. Many of the Hindus that sought refuge in West Bengal during East Bengal’s fight for independence stayed back.
- Al-Qaida Overran Kabul Jail (Statesman, Kim Sengupta, Feb 28, 2006)
Afghan, Nato and US forces surrounded the main high security prison in Kabul yesterday with tanks after it was taken over by more than 1,500 Taliban and Al-Qaida prisoners during a violent riot.
- Control Of Indian Ocean Vital, Says Former Army Chief (Hindu, John L. Paul, Feb 28, 2006)
The Indian Ocean is the most important ocean in the world and those who control it control the world, General V. N. Sharma (Retd), who was Army Chief from 1988 to 1990, said.
- Thousands To Protect Bush On First India Visit (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
About 5,000 personnel including snipers, commandos and U.S. marines using helicopters, bomb detectors and electronic jammers will protect President George W. Bush during his visit to India this week, officials said on Monday.
- Critical Elements Missing In Kashmir Dialogue (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Feb 28, 2006)
There is much ballyhoo these days about the future of Jammu & Kashmir.
- Afghanistan And Pakistan At Odds Over Taliban List (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2006)
An Afghan security official said on Monday Kabul had provided solid evidence to Islamabad about militant training camps in Pakistan and the presence there of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, but Pakistan’s Foreign Office said the information was outdated.
- Bias Takes A Nasty Turn (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 28, 2006)
There can be no doubt about this. Growing prejudice in the United States against the Muslim world took a nasty turn as a result of the stance taken by a number of prominent politicians to challenge President Bush over his administration’s . . .
- Manmohan Singh Gets His Second (And Related) Moment In History (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 28, 2006)
India’s rising stock, three years of 8% growth, a secular democracy, minority anger assuaged by Verdict 2004 — the nation can’t afford to lose this strategic opportunity
- A Tortuous Quest For Justice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 27, 2006)
Justice, at last. After four years of tortuous twists and turns, what is most striking about the Best Bakery case is not the conviction of nine of the 17 accused brought to trial, but the effort that went into securing the ends of justice.
- Protests At Rajghat Against Bush Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Hundreds of people gathered at Rajghat to pray for peace and voice their protest against the visit to India — and the Gandhi memorial — of U.S. President George Bush.
- President Bush Says He’Ll Urge For Kashmir Solution (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
US President George W Bush has told Pakistan TV that he would use his upcoming visit to India and Pakistan to urge both sides to find a lasting solution to their dispute over Kashmir.
- Agreement Reached During Tour Of N-Plant (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Hours before Iranian nuclear chief Gholamraza Aghazadeh announced that his country had reached a ‘‘basic agreement’’ with Russia on establishing a joint venture to enrich uranium, Russia’s top atomic official, Sergei Kiriyenko, . . .
- Abbas Threatens To Quit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will resign if peace talks with Israel remain stalled in the wake of last month's landslide election victory by the radical Islamic Hamas movement.
- Union Minister Urges Arab Nations To Relax Visa Regime (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Union Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed has urged Arab countries to relax their visa regimes for the benefit of Indian businessmen.
- Pak Police Arrests Opp Lawmakers (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Over 25,000 people took to the streets to protest against Prophet Mohammad’s cartoons in Karachi as Opposition leaders,
- Seven Jawans Hurt In J&k Blast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Seven jawans and a civilian were injured when militants exploded a car bomb as the Army convoy was passing through central Srinagar this morning, a police spokesman said.
- Car Bomb Explosion Wounds Four In Srinagar (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Suspected Muslim militants set off a car bomb on Sunday wounding three soldiers and a civilian in Kashmir's biggest city where police have tightened security ahead of U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to India.
- Bangladesh Pm Vows To Crush Islamist Militants (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia said on Sunday her government was bringing Islamist militants to justice in the wake of bomb attacks that have killed at least 30 people including two judges and wounded 150.
- Cartoon Row: Imran, Others Held (Deccan Herald, Arif Jamal, Feb 27, 2006)
The Pakistan government on Sunday foiled an attempt by the Opposition to take out a large procession in the heart of the city of Lahore against the blasphemous cartoons published in Denmark.....
- Thousands Rally, Others Barred In Pakistan Protest (Reuters, Mohsin Raza, Feb 27, 2006)
Thousands of Islamists rallied in southern Pakistan on Sunday against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, but police quickly snuffed out a protest in Lahore, where two people died in earlier unrest.
- Manmohan Singh To Allay Fears Over Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 27, 2006)
To tell Parliament that there will be no cap on country's nuclear military programme
- Naga Truce To Help Fructify Negotiations (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Feb 27, 2006)
The six-month extension of the ceasefire agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), in force since 1997, merits welcome albeit with a rider. It merits welcome because in most circumstances it is better . . .
- Residents Venture Back Out As S.Lanka Violence Ebbs (Reuters, Peter Apps, Feb 27, 2006)
People have returned to the streets in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic east after talks between the government and Tamil Tigers pulled the island back from the brink of war, but distrust remains.
- "Something Is Rotten…." (Daily Excelsior, Vazeeruddin, Feb 27, 2006)
The violence characterizing protests by Muslims the world over against publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad, first, by a Danish newspaper and subsequently by the media in some more European countries cannot be condoned.
- Us Worry Over Night In Pak (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 27, 2006)
After all the talk about General Pervez Musharraf’s fight against terrorism and Pakistan’s role as America’s trusted ally, US President George W. Bush may not spend the night in Islamabad when he visits the city on March 4.
- Bihar: Retired Hc Judge To Head Commission On Bhagalpur Riots (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
The Bihar government today appointed Justice N N Singh, a retired judge of the Patna High Court, to head the commission to probe the 1989 communal riots in Bhagalpur
- After A Kashmir Winter, Some Thaw (Indian Express, ANAND K. SAHAY, Feb 27, 2006)
The roundtable conference on Kashmir, held at the prime minister’s behest last Saturday, is a breath of fresh air.
- World Social Forum (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 27, 2006)
A Victim of neglect and political violence, Karachi will regain some of its lost eminence when it plays host to the World Social Forum next month — a six-day event that is expected to attract several thousand delegates and activists from around the world.
- Europe Divided Over Caricatures (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
As angry protests over publication of the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) continue in Pakistan and many other Muslim countries, public opinion in Europe remains divided on just how far governments and media organizations should . . .
- Afghan War: The Way Out (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 27, 2006)
In a crisp editorial published on February 23, the New York Times expressed the view that “the Pakistani army has been losing the war against Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the northwestern frontier” because “Pakistan’s military ruler, . . .
- Holocaust And The Free Speech (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 27, 2006)
Many were appalled to know that David Irving, a far-right British historian and researcher of the Second World War, had been jailed in Austria for three years for denying the existence of the Holocaust.
- Indo-Pak Economic Talks From March 27 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 27, 2006)
The commerce secretaries of Pakistan and India are expected to meet in Islamabad from March 27-29 to discuss economic and commercial cooperation within the framework of the third round of the composite dialogue process.
- Bush’S Visit To India (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 27, 2006)
With escalation in killing of civilians by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir, fears are growing that the Chattisinghpura incident might be repeated ahead of President George W Bush’s arrival in India.
- Bush’S Welcome Interest In Kashmir Issue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 27, 2006)
President Bush has said that lasting solution to the Kashmir issue is achievable. In an interview with PTV ahead of his visit to Pakistan and India next week, he said that he has already started playing a role and will continue to do so . . .
- Al-Qaeda To Hit Saudi Arabia (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 27, 2006)
AL-QAEDA has threatened to launch more attacks on Saudi oil facilities in the backdrop of an unsuccessful attempt to hit Saudi Arabia’s biggest refinery by suicide attackers. In an internet statement, it claimed responsibility for foiled attack . . .
- Al-Qaeda Prisoners Seize Block Of Afghan Jail (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Hundreds of Afghan soldiers with tanks and grenade-launchers surrounded Kabul’s main prison on Sunday after convicted militants incited a riot by inmates and seized control of much of the facility, officials said, adding that at least 30 prisoners were wo
- Imams Slam Politicising Cartoons (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Feb 27, 2006)
Prayer leaders in Islamabad’s registered mosques urged the people not to allow politicians to exploit their sentiments over the publication of caricatures of the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
- 2 Women Move Into Best Bakery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Two unsuspecting women have moved into the Best Bakery premises a month ago little aware of the carnage that shook the nation four years ago......
- Iran Reaches ‘Basic’ Agreement With Russia On Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
Iran and Russia have reached a “basic” agreement aimed at easing fears that the Islamic republic could acquire nuclear weapons, and negotiations will continue in the coming days in Moscow, a senior Iranian official said on Sunday.
- Just A Start (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 27, 2006)
Very few triumphs are absolutely unequivocal. It is understandable that right-thinking Indians would hail the Best Bakery convictions as a triumph of justice.
- Bush And India’S Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Feb 27, 2006)
The permanent threat from Pakistan is unlikely to feature in the “detailed and substantive” talks with Bush
- Game For Pak Roundtable (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 26, 2006)
Jammu: The Kashmiri separatists who for one reason or the other stayed away from the PM's roundtable on Saturday are now packing their bags for a similar conference on Kashmir in Islamabad next month.
- Al Qaeda Says It Carried Out Saudi Oil Plant Attack (Reuters, Souhail Karam, Feb 25, 2006)
Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for Friday's attack on a Saudi oil facility at Abqaiq, when security forces fired at suicide bombers trying to storm the world's biggest oil processing plant.
- Bush Hopes His Visit Will Set The Stage For A Groundbreaking Nuclear Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Alternative sources of energy are going to be important for the development of a clean world
New Delhi should "lift investment caps," says Bush
Supports lifting visa curbs for educated people
Reiterates stand on Iran
- Peace Holds In Sri Lanka, For The Time Being (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 25, 2006)
The Geneva talks represent a small, hesitant step away from a relapse into war. It is critical for Colombo and the LTTE to remain engaged.
- A Destruction Foretold (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 25, 2006)
See it whichever way, the destruction of Iraq's Al-Askari mosque — one of Islam's holiest shrines,
- Pak Anti-Terror Court Sentences 11 To Death For Attack On Gen (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 25, 2006)
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan today handed down death sentence to 11 members of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group for attacking a top military general in 2004 in which 11 people were killed.
- Amnesty Urges Bush To Raise Hr Concerns In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Amnesty International asks US president to include extrajudicial executions, deaths in police custody, rape, torture and arbitrary arrests on his agenda for dicussion with Indian PM
- Efforts On To Pull Back Iraq From The Brink Of Civil War (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 25, 2006)
Leaders call for calm; Sunni front pulls out of talks with Shias
- India’S Policy Towards Iran (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Feb 25, 2006)
Controversy characterises the communist parties’ support to Iran on the nuclear issue
- Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Saudi Attack (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Saudi-born Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda group claimed responsibility for Friday's attack on a major Saudi oil facility at Abqaiq, the group said in an Internet statement.
- Lalu’S Please-All Budget (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 25, 2006)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in five states, Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav presented a please-all Budget for 2006-07 in the Lok Sabha today leaving passenger fares untouched, reducing AC-I and AC-II tier fares by 18 per cent and 10 p
- A Spineless Nation (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 25, 2006)
No book I have read depressed me more than B N Tandon's PMO, Diary II The Emergency (Konark).
- Free Speech And The Holocaust (Times of India, Peter Singer, Feb 25, 2006)
The timing of Austria's conviction and imprisonment of David Irving for denying the Holocaust could not have been worse.
- Malaysian Daily Sorry For Publishing Cartoon Strip (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
A leading Malaysian newspaper today issued a frontpage apology for publishing a comic strip linked to controversy over Prophet Mohammad’s caricatures, prompting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to announce that no action will be taken against it.
- Dmk Waves Green, Left The Red Flag On Railway Budget (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Feb 25, 2006)
The railway budget has brought out the contours of a new political axis emerging between RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and DMK leader M Karunananidhi. And this spells worry for the Congress.
- Centre’S Kashmir Roundtable Today But Reduced To All-Party Meet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Pitched by the Prime Minister’s Office as a major initiative to fulfill Kashmiri aspirations and speed up the peace process, the J-K roundtable in New Delhi tomorrow has been reduced to an all-party meeting with the separatist leadership . . .
- Afghan Stopover On Bush Itinerary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
US President George W Bush will include a stopover in Afghanistan as part of his trip to South Asia starting next week, a US foreign policy expert has predicted.
- Baghdad Curfew As Iraq Seeks To Stem Violence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Baghdad residents stayed off the streets on Friday as the government put the capital under a last-minute daytime curfew to try to stop sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shi’ites on the Muslim day of prayer.
- Political Mileage Of Cartoons’ Issue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 25, 2006)
There are several reasons to believe in the governmental claims that the Opposition is out to take political advantage of the issue of blasphemous caricatures published by some Western newspapers. The Opposition has spurned invitation of the . . .
- Uproar Over Muslims In Indian Army (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Such are the prejudices that most Indians and Pakistanis grow up with about one another that they instinctively take shelter in rank stereotypes when thinking about, say, religious minorities in their countries.
- On The Road To The Rubicon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 25, 2006)
Semantic arguments may not seem relevant when innocent people are dying in appalling circumstances, as more than 130 Iraqis now have been, many of them dragged from their cars and gunned down in cold blood, since Sunni insurgents blew . . .
- More Blood-Letting In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 25, 2006)
According to reports, gunmen shot dead 130 people in two days of violence in Iraq sparked by bombing of the shrine in Samarra and reprisals against mosques elsewhere in the country. UN envoy to Iraq Ashraf Qazi has invited Iraqi political and . . .
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal May Prove Elusive - Hadley (Reuters, Steve Holland, Feb 25, 2006)
It may not be possible to reach a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the United States by the time President George W. Bush travels to New Delhi next week, a top Bush adviser said on Friday.
- Pak-Backed Terrorism Slackens Afghanistan Recovery (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Feb 25, 2006)
An international conference in London attended by officials of 70 countries early this month (February) ended with aid pledges of $10.5 billion spread over the next five years for Afghanistan. The amount may not be sufficient considering . . .
- Gunmen Storm House In Baghdad, Kill Five (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Gunmen stormed a house south of Baghdad early on Friday and shot dead five men, an Iraqi army officer said.
- Processed Language’ & Mideast Conflict (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Feb 25, 2006)
IT was dawn and Ramazan’s second Friday, exactly 12 years ago today, when a Jewish terrorist, Baruch Goldstein entered the tomb of Patriarch Abraham — Masjid-i-Ibrahimi to Muslims — and opened fire on the believers as they prostrated themselves in prayer.
- Hurriyat Threatens To Quit Dialogue (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz today threatened to abandon the dialogue process in motion between Kashmiri separatists and Centre in wake of no let up in human rights violations in Kashmir.
- Shutdown In Valley Over Handwara Firing, Iraq Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Kashmir valley today observed total shutdown to register an emphatic protest against killing of four young civilians in Army's firing at Doodhipora, Handwara, on Wednesday as also the blasts that damaged two revered shrines of Shia Muslims . . .
- Justice Reanimated (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 25, 2006)
Earlier this week when those accused of the murder of Jessica Lall were acquitted, the nation reacted with a sense of shame and anger and an acute sense of helplessness.
- Liberalisation Vs Globalisation (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 25, 2006)
I have no idea whether Lakshmi Mittal will finally succeed in taking over the French steel giant Arcelor, but I am glad that he has made a bid for the company because of the controversy it has generated.
- Sikh Riots, Godhra May Be On Bush Agenda (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
The nuclear deal may not be the only thing that US President Bush will discuss when he visits India.
- Left Threatens Voting Against Railway Budget (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
The Left parties, which have been on warpath with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government on economic and foreign policy issues, on Friday said they would vote against the Railway Budget if their concerns were not addressed.
- Nuclear Deal May Prove Elusive, Says Us Official (Hindustan Times, Tabassum Zakaria, Feb 25, 2006)
It may not be possible to reach a landmark nuclear agreement between India and the United States by the time President George W Bush travels to New Delhi next week, a top Bush advisor said on Friday.
- India's Revival Means It Can Pick And Choose Its Friends (Guardian (UK), Jonathan Steele, Feb 24, 2006)
Delhi seems eager for America's embrace, but many nationalists are unhappy with US pressure on foreign policy
- The India Option (Daily Times, Charles Tannock, Feb 24, 2006)
The world is beginning to notice that India has nearly the same number of people as China, plus a more benign system of government. China hawks in both India and the West dream that “strategic partnership” will link the world’s great democracies.
- Indo-Pak Relations Likely To Dominate Bush Talks (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Feb 24, 2006)
Pakistan-India relations and South Asian regional security are likely to dominate US President George W Bush’s talks with Pakistani leaders during his day-long visit to Islamabad on the March 4.
- Kashmiris Be Included In Settlement: Bush (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 24, 2006)
* Says Musharraf committed to reform and free and open elections in 2007
* Washington mourns the loss of innocent life in Bajaur airstrike
* Urges Pakistani patience with US-
- Indian Editor Arrested For Publishing Caricatures (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
The editor of an Indian magazine has been arrested for publishing the offensive caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that had angered Muslims worldwide, the police said on Thursday.
- Tapping Issue Takes A New Turn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Amar Singh says he has sent legal notices to TV channels
The issue of phone tapping of Samajwadi Party general secretary and spokesman Amar Singh took a new turn on Thursday with some television channels claiming that they had received audio CDs . . .
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