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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 19042:
- A Friend & A Global Player (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to pay an official visit to China in the next few days.
- India Supports Iran Pipeline: Delhi To Join Turkmenistan Plan: Jadoon (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 18, 2006)
Petroleum ministers of Pakistan and India gave their unequivocal support on Friday to the proposed gas pipeline from Iran, saying neither fears about trouble in Balochistan nor the raising of international finances for the project were an issue.
- Let Founder Under House-Arrest (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan government today put under house-arrest founder leader of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toeba (LeT) and detained over 150 others for violating a ban on rallies as fresh protests broke out against publication of Prophet Mohammad’s cartoons ...
- India-Pakistan Train Link Sparks Reunion Hopes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Second rail link between Khokarapar and Munabao opened on Saturday, decades after it was severed.
- Cartoon Issue: One More Perspective— (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, Feb 18, 2006)
It seems the world is determined to drive home to students of sociology that while all other cultures might be areligious, the only religious culture that threatens the world is that of Islam
- On A Trip Of Friendship (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai’s three-day visit to Pakistan was the latest in a series of exchanges at the top government level the two countries have had in the post-9/11 period.
- Fresh Chance For Tea Exports (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 18, 2006)
After being thwacked all over the park over the last decade or so by the competition, India at last has a chance of getting a bit of its tea export market back, courtesy the drought in Kenya which could shrink that country’s ‘06 crop by 25% from .. .
- On The Magic Of Being Work Sisters (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 18, 2006)
What began in 1972 as a lone mission to bring women together is today a 7-lakh-strong movement. Determined to organise women workers so that they could enjoy the same benefits that organised labour received, Ela R. Bhatt founded the Self-Employed Women's
- The Silence Of Liberal Muslims (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 18, 2006)
I am sorry if you feel you have had enough of the latest religion vs freedom of expression controversy: the fuss over the Danish cartoons that featured the Prophet Mohammed.
- Free, But Not Fair (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
Islam is by no means the only religion which gives its founder greater respect than God. It is equally true of other religions as well.
- Doctor Prescribes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
Under attack on foreign policy, PM needed to show firmness. He’s done that. Must do more
- 'Cartoons Misjudged, Islamists Misused Them' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Danish paper that first printed the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed misjudged how they would be read and Islamic extremists misinterpreted them, the OSCE representative on freedom of the media said in a report sent to AFP on Friday
- Centre Has Open Mind On Kashmir: Pm To Malik (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Seeking a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met separatist JKLF chief Yaseen Malik and assured him the Centre has an "open mind" and would like to involve a larger cross section of public opinion to . . .
- The General Is Here Again (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan President General Musharraf is back at his favourite game of blowing hot and cold against India these days. At the Economic Meet in Davos, he replayed the Kashmir tune and pleaded for demilitarization of Kashmir and . . .
- Cartoons: Clinton & Chirac Say Publication A Mistake (Indian Express, Faisal Aziz, Feb 18, 2006)
Anger against cartoons of Prophet Muhammad flared anew in Asia on Friday in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- Kitne Musalman Hain? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 18, 2006)
Let me ask you a question I like to put often to the top brass of our armed forces, as well as the police, paramilitary and intelligence organisations: when was the last time you heard a column of the army, called out to restore order in a communal riot,
- Musharraf’S Other Wars (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
SELIG S. HARRISON on the armed struggles to defend Pakistan from within
- Hamas Stand Today Will Decide Curb Moves, Says Israel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed to wait until after Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Parliament before ordering any tough new restrictions on the Palestinians, officials said on Friday.
- Jayakumar, Shettar Among 20 New Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them have become Ministers for the first time; 12 more posts vacant
Ministers were sworn in one by one
All of them have been given Cabinet rank
Function ended by 10.45 a.m. in view of the High Court sitting
- Hamas Faces Economic Stranglehold (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 18, 2006)
A collective punishment on the Palestinians: Islamic group "The world should realise that more pressure on the Palestinian people will create more tension and everyone is going to be a loser, including Israel."
- Not Dead Enough? (Hindu, Seumas Milne, Feb 18, 2006)
Fifteen years after communism was officially pronounced dead, its spectre seems once again to be haunting Europe.
- The Nuclear Issue And Iran's Domestic Debate (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 18, 2006)
While there is a consensus in Iran on acquiring nuclear know-how, there are deep differences on whether to go in for weapons capability. But the threat of aggression by the U.S. or Israel could prove a rallying factor.
- Pranab Swears By Secular Nature Of Armed Forces (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Advani calls it "vote-bank politics"
Heated exchange caps pre-lunch proceedings
Communal head count, says Advani
Cause is noble, method adopted is wrong: CPI
- Thar Express Flagged Off In Karachi Amid Fanfare (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 18, 2006)
First direct link between southern Pakistan and India
The Thar Express, linking Rajasthan with the Sindh province in Pakistan, was flagged off amid nostalgia and fanfare at the Cantonment station here on Friday night.
- Govt, Opposition Clash Over Muslim Survey In Forces (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The survey of Muslims in armed forces spared off clashes with the government and Opposition accusing each other of “communalising” the issue for “vote-bank politics” in both the Houses of Parliament.
- Bangladeshi Muslims Burn Danish Flags In Cartoon Protests (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Thousands of Bangladeshis joined a protest march and burnt Danish flags as fresh demonstrations erupted in the Islamic country over cartoons of prophet Mohammed.
- Abbas To Ask Hamas To Form Government, End Violence (Reuters, WAFA AMR, Feb 18, 2006)
The Palestinian parliament will be sworn in on Saturday with Hamas as its majority bloc, paving the way for the Islamist group to form a cabinet despite calls by major world powers to boycott it.
- Wb:muslims Decry Danish Cartoon On Prophet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Hundreds of Muslims today joined a protest march after the Friday prayers expressing their anger at the publication of cartoons of Prophet Mohammad in a Danish newspaper.
- Pak Shield For Iran N-Fire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Prime Minister kept America out of the picture as he defended his government’s vote on Iran today, focusing solely on the Tehran-Islamabad link and the threat it posed to India.
- Popular Art Bridges Divide (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 18, 2006)
Among the most vibrant examples of popular visual art found in India are religious posters and calendars depicting deities, saints and places of worship, sold at roadside stalls near temples, mosques and dargahs, to be adorned at walls inside homes,
- Khan Link Prompted Iran Vote: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday strongly defended India’s recent vote against Iran at IAEA by articulating long-held proliferation concerns over Tehran’s links with rogue Pakistani scientist A Q Khan and pointing to Islamabad’s . . .
- Two More Rockets Fired From Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Two more rockets, fired by coalition troops in Afghanistan, fell in Pakistan’s Saidgai tribal town of North Waziristan tribal agency on Wednesday night.
- Killing Of Chinese Engineers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 17, 2006)
Three Chinese engineers and their drier were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Hub on Wednesday. A group calling itself the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack on the Chinese engineers later in telephone calls to newspaper . . .
- Bad For All (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 17, 2006)
There is more than one indication that intelligentsia in Pakistan is keeping its fingers crossed whether the country's President Pervez Musharraf would hold general election as scheduled in 2007.
- Hamas Says It Has Russia Invite For Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas has received an official invitation for talks in Russia, a leader of a faction said in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
- Let Peace Prevail (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 17, 2006)
It is a good sign that normalcy has nearly returned to the Ladakh region after days of violence.
- Haniyeh Will Be Pm Of Hamas Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Hamas on Thursday chose Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader widely viewed by Palestinians as a pragmatist, to be the next Prime Minister, a senior official in the militant group said.
- Unabated Madness Of Violence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 17, 2006)
Violence overwhelmed the protest rallies against publication of blasphemous caricatures in European newspapers in Peshawar on Wednesday.
- 26 Die In Taliban Suicide Attacks (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Feb 17, 2006)
The issue of blasphemous cartoons dominated the National Assembly proceedings on Thursday with the opposition lawmakers asking the government to take ‘firm steps’ to force those responsible to tender an apology and assure that religious . . .
- Troops Kill Delhi Bombings Suspect (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Turkmenistan will provide sovereign guarantees to Pakistan to supply 3.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day (BCFD) for 30 years.
- India Rejects Bush Factor In Kashmir Talks (News International, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Feb 17, 2006)
India on Thursday brushed aside calls for US President George W Bush to use his influence in facilitating a more focused dialogue on Kashmir between Delhi and Islamabad during his visit to the region next month.
- India To Hold Talks With Kashmiris (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 17, 2006)
Petroleum Minister Amanullah Khan Jadoon arrived here on Thursday for talks with his new Indian counterpart Murli Deora that would include discussions on a possible trilateral meeting with Iran to push for the three-nation gas pipeline project.
- Full Trade Ties Hinge On Kashmir (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 17, 2006)
Cabinet ratifies SAFTA, still import curbs will remain
No SAARC member can impose conditionalities
Pakistan will be hard put to defend itself if India raises dispute
- This Ostrich Act Is Misconceived (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Feb 17, 2006)
As a citizen of India and as a Muslim I would like to know the Muslim representation in the armed forces. I think I have a right to this information because no institution in this country is beyond the purview of the Right to Information Act.
- India, Pak Lodge Protests On Air, Sea Violations (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Trading Charges New Delhi says Pakistan killed Indian fisherman, Pak claims airspace intrusion
- Indian Workers Plan Protests Over French Warship (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Indian workers plan days of protests and hunger strikes over France’s recall of the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau amid claims the decision will devastate the country’s shipbreaking industry.
- Killing Of Chinese Engineers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
In yet another incident of terrorism, this time in the Balochistan town of Hub, three Chinese engineers were shot dead by assailants while driving home after work.
- History In Quran’S Light (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Feb 17, 2006)
History is a record of the rise and fall of nations. Through it we realize facts about nations that flourished, the goals they pursued and above all the values around which their culture and society was organized. It can help us assess values and . . .
- Pakistan Protests Airspace Violation By India (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 17, 2006)
An uncalled-for provocation by India has prompted the government of Pakistan to lodge a protest with New Delhi through the Indian High Commission in Islamabad for violation of its airspace and Exclusive Economic Zone by an Indian maritime aircraft and ...
- Pakistan Signs Mou For Turkmenistan Gas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 17, 2006)
As per a new deal Turkmenistan would supply 3.2 billion cubic feet gas per day to Pakistan for a period of 30 years.
- The Answer Is Boycott (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Feb 17, 2006)
Sequence and consequence do not always follow the same logic: the publication of the gratuitously offensive cartoons against the Prophet of Islam (you can translate that, literally, to the Prophet of Peace for Islam means peace) has already resonated ....
- Thousands March In Pak Over Cartoons (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Thousands of Muslims wielding sticks and waving green flags rallied in Karachi against cartoons of Prophet Mohammad on Thursday, the latest in a wave of protests in which five people have died.
- Benefits Of Free Trade (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
Thefederal cabinet ratified the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) agreement, drafted by the Islamabad Saarc Summit 2004, on Wednesday and decided that bilateral trade with India would continue under the positive list of 773 items.
- Bangladesh Bans Entry Of Toxic Ship (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Bangladesh has taken a cue from India by banning the entry of the toxic-laden ship, SS Norway into its waters.
- I Tarzan, You Terrorist (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 17, 2006)
What explains the American reaction to the Hamas victory?
Cutting corners Ashok mitra
- Military List (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 17, 2006)
The Indian army moves with an enormous amount of baggage. This baggage is colonial, and pertains not only to the various rituals that govern army life but also to the patterns of recruitment.
- China Not To Withdraw Its Workers From Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
China has alerted its nationals in Pakistan to be on guard but has no plans to evacuate them following the killing of three Chinese engineers in Balochistan even as Islamabad stepped up security for the workers from the Communist nation.
- Before The Vote (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 17, 2006)
Even “foreigners” can be an election issue in India. In Assam, all elections have been dominated by controversies over the Bangladeshi aliens living there.
- Getting India Right (Policy Review, Parag Khanna, Feb 17, 2006)
Parag Khanna is a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of The Second World, forthcoming from Random House. C. Raja Mohan is strategic affairs editor of the Indian Express in New Delhi.
- Afghan Soil Will Not Be Used Against Pakistan: Karzai (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday promised not to allow any country to interfere in Afghanistan’s relations with Pakistan, saying he knew the consequences for his country in such a case.
- Thousands Rally Against Cartoons, Shun Violence (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Tens of thousands of Pakistani Islamists wielding sticks and waving green flags rallied in Karachi against cartoons of Prophet Mohammad today, the latest in a wave of protests in which five people have died.
- 'Pak To Continue Trade With India On Positive List Of Items' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Kashmir issue cast its shadow on free trade with India with Pakistan Commerce Minister saying that bilateral trade would continue on an approved "positive list" of items rather than being opened up under SAFTA even after the Cabinet . . .
- Karzai Opposes 'Fencing' Off Pak-Afghan Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he opposed fencing off his country's border with Pakistan, a proposal Islamabad had floated sometime back to check illegal cross-border movements.
- Iraq Faces More Instability (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2006)
The election of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Prime Minister of Iraq by just a single vote has only underlined the deep divisions between and within Iraqi communities that the United States-led military invasion opened up.
- A Question Of Identity (Deccan Herald, S. Padmanabhan , Feb 17, 2006)
The army, regardless of societal pressures, successfully retains its secular character as a combat organisation
- Terror To Be Firmly Dealt With: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Declaring a "relentless war against terrorism", President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked Pakistan to rein in jehadi elements and made it clear that the UPA government would continue to pursue economic reforms, including the controversial . . .
- Muslims And Armed Forces (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2006)
The contestation over the work of the Prime Minister's High Level Committee headed by Justice Rajindar Sachar is clearly overblown.
- A Scholarly Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
History has always been the main forte of communal propaganda. While objective historiography is utopia, the developments in other branches of archaeological sciences have been increasingly reducing . . .
- Blair Pushes Through Law Against "Glorifying Terrorism" (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 17, 2006)
After a string of setbacks, the Premier pulls off a political coup
After a string of political setbacks in recent weeks, Prime Minister Tony Blair, on Wednesday, pulled off a political coup when he got a majority of his MPs to vote for . . .
- Hamas Ignores The Quartet (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Feb 17, 2006)
Hamas, which has won in the Palestinian elections, has already begun to register in an effort to impose order in Palestinian areas, a move which will counter attempts to curb its powers.
- Kalam’S Address ‘Lifeless, Directionless’: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The BJP today termed the President’s address to Parliament as “lifeless, dull and directionless” and said the NDA would raise the issue of Muslim headcount in the armed forces tomorrow and insist on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the . .
- India Lodges Protest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner Munawwar Bhatti was called in to the Ministry of External Affairs today and conveyed India’s strong protest over the killing of an Indian fisherman by Pakistani forces in the Indian waters off the Gujarat . . .
- Forces Of Integration (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2006)
Needless controversies should be avoided
DEFENCE Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s assertion that the armed forces would always remain “secular and apolitical” is, hopefully, the last word on the controversy about an alleged religious headcount in the forces.
- Iran Says No Uranium Enrichment Yet, Ready To Talk (Reuters, Parinoosh Arami, Feb 17, 2006)
Iran said on Thursday it had not yet begun any uranium enrichment and was still ready to negotiate on a Russian proposal for resolving a dispute with the West over its nuclear programme.
- What's Love Got To Do With Any Of This? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 16, 2006)
Those who speak of morality and the corrupting influences of Valentine's Day seem to have no problem with the real corruption of consumerism gone out of control.
- Once Liberal Denmark Has Lurched To The Far Right (Hindu, Kiku Day, Feb 16, 2006)
Denmark has at last managed to catch the world's eye, after so many years of failing to get credit for being at the cutting edge of liberalism.
- Provision Of Data: Army May Have Over-Reacted (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 16, 2006)
Information on religion sought at first stage of recruitment; this may convey the wrong message
Infantrymen recruited according to religious, ethnic identities
Army tries to balance this in the overall criteria
- This Must End (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 16, 2006)
The current standoff between the legislature and the judiciary over the prerogatives of the legislature does not bring credit to either institution. Whether both institutions are clearly overstepping their proper domain is a debatable matter.
- How Long Will American Dominace Last ? (Daily Excelsior, I.S. Chadha, Feb 16, 2006)
Our problem is not that we are being Americanised.Our problem is rather that the US empire does not know what it wants to do or can do with its power or its limits.
- Balochistan: A Writing On The Wall (Daily Excelsior, D R Ahuja, Feb 16, 2006)
In Balochistan, another Tiananmen Square is about to happen, on much larger scale. From the raging military-civilian conflict in Balochistan, it is clear that it is a fight-to-finish as far as President Pervez Musharraf is concerned.
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