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Articles 10221 through 10320 of 19042:
- Adding Fuel To Raging Fire (Daily Times, Mian Ijaz Ul Hassan, Feb 08, 2006)
The function of a cartoon is to humour and amuse and in the process engage the viewer to reflect upon individual vanities, human trials and foibles, profound or everyday
- Freedom Of Expression Or "Unnecessary Offence"? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 08, 2006)
The outrage in the Islamic world over the publication of cartoons denigrating Prophet Mohammed, originally in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten and then their reproduction, in an expression of solidarity...
- Tackling Maritime Terrorism (Tribune, R.B. Suri (retd), Feb 08, 2006)
INDIA'S is inherently linked with the oceans. For instance, 90 per cent of India’s trade by volume and 77 per cent by value is sea-borne. India’s crude oil imports are almost completely transported by sea.
- Munabao Rail Link Meaningless (News International, Ammara Durrani, Feb 07, 2006)
It’s a classic case of putting the cart before the horse. Would-be passengers of the Thar Express would have to temper their enthusiasm for the opening of the Khokhrapar-Munabao border next week, because the historic moment is likely to come without . . .
- Wave Of Protests Over Cartoons (Dawn, Robert Fisk, Feb 07, 2006)
After Syria, the fires have spread to Lebanon with sectarian intensity. As 2,000 Lebanese troops battled Islamist demonstrators in the heart of Christian Beirut on Sunday, the Danish consulate was set on fire and a large church attacked . . .
- Hamas And The Palestinian Gridlock (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Feb 07, 2006)
The Palestinian people have rejected the Fatah party that ruled the embattled occupied West Bank and Gaza in favour of the fundamentalist Hamas in January 26 elections which were monitored by foreign observers.
- Iran Notifies Iaea Of Resuming Enrichment (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been formally notified of Iran’s decision to resume full-scale uranium enrichment work, the country’s top national security was quoted as saying on Monday.
- 'Afghans, India Fuelling Unrest In Balochistan’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Balochistan Governor Owais Ghani has accused Afghan warlords and drug barons of arming tribal militants in the province and India of financing them.
- Protests In India Over Quranic Verse Photograph (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Muslim protesters halted trains and shut down businesses near Mumbai in protest over a published photograph of a verse from the Holy Quran tattooed on a woman’s bare back, a report said on Monday.
- Nuclear Catastrophe If Kashmir Dispute Lingers On: Chattha (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Feb 07, 2006)
Any further delay in the resolution of the Kashmir issue might result in a nuclear catastrophe in the sub-continent, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir warned on Monday.
- False Rhetoric Of Histories (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Feb 07, 2006)
Those who shirk from condemning Zionists cannot condemn the political ideology of Hamas
- Not Funny (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 07, 2006)
The cartoons depict an insensitivity to religious feelings
The series of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed first published in September 2005 in a Danish newspaper and then reproduced in several other European newspapers has triggered rage and . . .
- India’S Vote At Iaea (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 07, 2006)
THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) decided by 27 votes in favour to three against with five abstentions to refer the case of Iranian noncompliance with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards to the Security Council.
- Kashmir Solidarity Day In Bangladesh (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 07, 2006)
Apart from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, the Kashmir Solidarity Day was also observed in Bangladesh on Sunday to reiterate their support to the Kashmiris’ right to emancipation from the Indian yoke.
- Onus On India To Suggest "New Ideas" To Resolve Kashmir (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Giving a warning of sorts, President Pervez Musharraf has asked India to suggest "new ideas" to resolve Kashmir issue if it rejects his proposals of self-governance and demilitarisation, failing which Pakistan would ask the international community . . .
- Protests, Shutdown Against Prophet’S (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Entire Valley wore a deserted look today in wake of the shutdown call, while protests were also held across Kashmir to express resentment against the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad in ‘Jyllands-Posten’, a Danish newspaper and some European
- Muslim Leaders Condemn Extremists Over Cartoon Protests (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 07, 2006)
Britain's Muslims have called for prosecution of Islamist extremists who chanted inflammatory slogans and carried provocative placards at a protest march here at the weekend against the "blasphemous'' cartoons of Prophet Muhammed published in . . .
- Islamist Leader Deported (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 07, 2006)
Singapore will, invoking its Internal Security Act (ISA), proceed against a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader for having "planned to hijack a plane and crash it into Changi airport," the state-of-the-art international hub here, in 2001.
- Iran Tells Iaea To Remove Nuclear Monitoring Gear (Reuters, Paul Hughes, Feb 07, 2006)
Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove some surveillance equipment from its nuclear facilities by mid-February, a defiant response to an IAEA vote reporting Tehran to the U.N. Security Council.
- Through The Prism Of Sense (Indian Express, MIRZA A. BEG, Feb 07, 2006)
Muslims have, and should, strongly condemn the poor taste and bigotry of the Danish paper as well as the other papers that have re-published the offending cartoons. People of goodwill from other communities would also join in condemnation because . . .
- Protest In Delhi Against Danish Cartoons Of Prophet Mohammed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Police lob teargas shells and use water cannon to disperse students
The police lobbed teargas shells and used water cannon to disperse students, mostly from the Jamia Millia Islamia, who on Monday tried to force their way towards the Danish Embassy ....
- Pakistan To Welcome Substantial Troop Cut (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday said it would welcome the proposed withdrawal of Indian troops from occupied Kashmir if it was part of a significant reduction from the disputed territory.
- India Reduces Kashmir Troop Levels Slightly (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Feb 07, 2006)
India has withdrawn at least 3,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir state as the level of violence in the insurgency racked region has fallen, the country's defence minister and army chief said on Monday.
- India, Israel Tie Up On Next-Gen Barak Missiles (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Feb 07, 2006)
In an indisputable sign that Indo-Israeli defence ties have matured, the governments of both countries have signed their first-ever joint weapons development contract to design and produce the Barak-II next-generation air defence missiles for warships.
- 5,000 Troops In J & K Redeployed (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 07, 2006)
Nothing to do with Bush visit: Pranab Mukherjee
They have been sent back to West Bengal, says Minister
More troops can be moved out: Army chief
Pakistan welcomes withdrawal
- Danish Embassy In Tehran Pelted With Rocks (Hindustan Times, Nasser Karimi, Feb 07, 2006)
Hundreds of angry protesters hurled stones and fire bombs at the Danish Embassy in the Iranian capital to protest publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Kannada In Times Of Americanisation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
The demands and issues raised by the 72nd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana need to be discussed at all cultural forums and the government must muster political courage to resolve seemingly intractable problems, writes Ramesh Mysore.
- Growing Closer Apart (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Feb 07, 2006)
Essays debating the issues of syncretism and pluralism in the sub-continent today to objectively reassess their importance in coping with the political and cultural future
- 3 Myths About The Iran Conflict (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Feb 07, 2006)
Is there anything the West can do, short of a highly dangerous military option, to prevent Iran from going forward with its nuclear program? The answer is clearly yes.
- Iran Moves To Resume Uranium Enrichment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran moved on Sunday to block snap UN nuclear inspections and kick-start sensitive fuel work after being reported to the Security Council, deepening a crisis over its disputed atomic ambitions.
- Egyptian Ferry Disaster (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 06, 2006)
IT is now confirmed that there were problems with the Egyptian ferry that sank in the Red Sea on Friday. Rescuers were able to save about 400 lives, but that still means that nearly 1,000, most of them Hajis, were drowned.
- On To A Broader Horizon (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
My previous article tried to sketch a framework of geo-strategic and geo-economic concerns that determine the new bearings of the Saudi foreign policy.
- Germany Says Iran Should Take Up Russian Offer (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
* German FM says solving Iranian issue key to preventing arms race in Middle East
- Lost For Ideas (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 06, 2006)
FOR the next few months, the Bofors-armed, Rajnath Singh-led Bharatiya Janata Party won’t be enemy number one to the Congress. It will be the CPI(M) and its Leftist comrades.
- India To Take Up Issue Of Spread Of Terror Outfits (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Concerned over the spread of activities of Pak-based terrorist outfits in India, Government is going to take up the issue during the Home Secretary level talks scheduled for next month in Islamabad.
- Solidarity Day Observed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
The Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed all over the country and in Azad Kashmir on Sunday to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir in their struggle for freedom.
- Not End Of The Road: Iran (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Iran said today that it was still willing to negotiate with the international community over its nuclear programme while the President mocked the referral by the UN nuclear watchdog to the Security Council.
- Improved Relations To Help Resolve Kashmir: Pm (Pakistan Observer, Zubair Qureshi, Feb 06, 2006)
Efforts for early solution to the Kashmir dispute would gain momentum in an environment of improved relations with India. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz expressed this belief while addressing a seminar organized by Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council . . .
- Mma Condemns India, Us, Israel At Kashmir Day Rally (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) organized a rally on Sunday to express - primarily - its solidarity with the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir, condemn the Western media's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and . . .
- Rallies Call For End To Indian Rule In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Several thousand people held rallies on Sunday in Islamabad, Peshawar and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to demand an end to Indian rule in held Kashmir.
- We Must Not Miss Chance For Kashmir Peace: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
* President urges India to respond to demilitarisation proposal
* Says time it’s to focus on dispute resolution
* Rs 80b to rebuild schools and hospitals in quake zone
- Musharraf Weakening Kashmir Stance (Daily Times, Ghafar Ali, Feb 06, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf has weakened Pakistan’s principled stand on Kashmir by initiating ‘confidence-building-measures’ (CBM) with India which has shown no flexibility on its stance, said Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) president.
- Musharraf Talks Peace At Pok Rally (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Observing that Kashmiris were tired of tension, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today urged India to seriously consider his proposals for demilitarisation and self- governance to resolve the Kashmir issue.
- Visits Muzaffarabad, Bagh On Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Calling upon Indian leadership to reciprocate Pakistan’s offers for resolution of Kashmir dispute, President General Pervez Musharraf has said that New Delhi will have to show more flexibility.
- Egypt’S Nobel Winner Asks Islamists To Approve Book (Tribune, David Hardaker, Feb 06, 2006)
Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt’s Nobel Prize-winning author, is seeking permission from the country’s highest Islamic authorities to publish one of his most controversial novels, a move which has staggered friends and colleagues who see . . .
- Best Course For Danes (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 06, 2006)
Worldwide protest by the Muslims against publication of blasphemous cartoons by a Danish newspaper and its reproduction by several other newspapers in the European countries has gained ferocity due to the Danish authorities’ mishandling of the issue.
- Pervez Prods Delhi On Kashmir (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Feb 06, 2006)
Cutting out the usual Kashmir Solidarity Day rhetoric, President Pervez Musharraf today exhorted India to show more courage and sincerity if it wished to see the stalemate over the disputed state broken.
- Losing Peripheral Vision (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Feb 06, 2006)
The current dispensation in New Delhi does not seem serious about settling the periphery of India — whether it be Kashmir or Nagaland. As long as Metropolitan India is safe, it feels secure. The bushfires in the periphery can continue for all it cares.
- No Compromise On National Sovereignty (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 06, 2006)
The Naga ceasefire that was to expire on February 1 has been extended for another six months by the government and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isaac-Muivah). The decision was taken after four-day long discussions between . . .
- Iran Ends Cooperation With Iaea (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Iran ended all voluntary cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Sunday but said it was open to a proposal to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia, reversing its earlier response to being reported to the Security Council over fears it wants to produce n
- India To Take Up Spread Of Terror Outfits In Talks With Pak (Press Trust of India, Priyanka Tikoo, Feb 06, 2006)
Concerned over the spread of activities of Pak-based terrorist outfits in India, Governemnt is going to take up the issue during the Home Secretary level talks scheduled for next month in Islamabad.
- Us To Withdraw Troops In Pak Quake-Hit Areas (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 06, 2006)
Some 750 American troops in Pakistan's quake-hit areas will begin withdrawing from the middle of this month, bringing to a close the biggest ever external relief operations carried out by the US, officials said today.
- Iran Halts Iaea Inspection (Indian Express, PARISA HAFEZI , Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran on Sunday ended snap UN checks of its nuclear sites and said it was resuming uranium enrichment, a day after being reported to the Security Council over suspicions it is building nuclear weapons.
- Iran Ends Un Inspections, Resumes Enrichment (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran on Sunday ended snap UN checks of its nuclear sites and said it was resuming uranium enrichment, a day after being reported to the Security Council over suspicions it is building nuclear weapons.
- Musharraf Says Peace Linked To Kashmir (Dawn, Tahir Naqash, Feb 06, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday called upon the Indian leadership to take advantage of the atmosphere in the wake of the Oct 8 earthquake and resolve the issue of Kashmir in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiris.
- Iran Resumes Uranium Enrichment, Ends U.N. Checks (Reuters, PARISA HAFEZI , Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran on Sunday ended snap U.N. checks of its nuclear sites and said it was resuming uranium enrichment, a day after being reported to the Security Council over suspicions it is building nuclear weapons.
- Does Hinduism Encourage Escapism? (Deccan Herald, Bharathi Ghanashyam, Feb 06, 2006)
Must one really shed attachment if one wants to attain inner peace and moksha? But what about ambition?
“Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits. Let not fruit of action be not thy motive nor let thy attachment be to inaction”Bhagawad Gita.
- Playing By The Ear (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 06, 2006)
The Pakistan constitution, bureaucracy and citizenry are too weak to keep the Army subordinate to the govt
- Iran Ends Cooperation With Iaea (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 06, 2006)
Teheran will begin full-scale production of enriched uranium
Ready for exploratory talks with Russia
No more inspection of nuclear facilities
"India not under any pressure"
- Hamas Victory: Need For Flexibility (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Feb 06, 2006)
The recent Hamas victory in the Palestinian election has stunned everyone including Hamas itself. Although pre-election opinion polls had indicated that Hamas would give a close fight, most analysts had predicted a narrow Fatah victory.
- Muslims And Media Frenzy Over Cartoons (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 06, 2006)
The issue is not whether Muslims are right or wrong to be upset but whether or not they have the right to peaceful protest when they feel, rightly or wrongly, that their religious feelings have been hurt.
- Danish, Norwegian Embassies Set Ablaze As Muslim Anger Spreads (Hindu, Jamie Doward , Feb 06, 2006)
Islamic leader threatens "Rushdie type"fatwaagainst journalists
- Involve Northern Areas In Talks: Amanullah (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 06, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Amanullah Khan has said that Pakistan should demonstrate sincerity in resolving the Kashmir issue by including the northern areas of the State in the peace process.
- India Votes Against Iran At Iaea (Indian Express, Reuters, Feb 05, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to the Security Council over suspicions it plans to build atomic weapons, and Tehran responded it would start enriching uranium fuel that can be used in bombs.
- Democracy’S Consequences (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 05, 2006)
Opponents of US policy in the Middle East have described Hamas’s victory in last week’s Palestinian elections as a disaster that proves that President Bush was wrong to insist on elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
- Danish Cartoons: Provocative And Perverse (Dawn, Robert Fisk, Feb 05, 2006)
This is not an issue of secularism versus Islam. For Muslims, the Prophet is the man who received divine words directly from God. We see our saints and prophets as faintly historical figures, at odds with our high-tech human rights and freedoms, . . .
- Iran Vows Pipeline To Pakistan If India Drops Out (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Iaea Refers Iran To Unsc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
* 27 members vote in favour, Cuba, Syria and Venezuela oppose resolution
* NAM states’ attempt to soften resolution’s text rejected
- Danish Envoy’S Expulsion Demand Unrealistic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 05, 2006)
The nation has voiced its outrage at the Danish newspaper’s blasphemous cartoons. President Musharraf, Parliament, political parties and the Juma congregations unanimously condemned the cartoons and termed their publication as highly provocative . . .
- Wide Canvas (Hindu, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Feb 05, 2006)
Poor peasants. Uncaring chess players. A small boy who gives up the joy of toys to buy a chimta for his grandmother. Premchand's protagonists are classic figures that we've all grown with, in short stories scattered across school curriculae.
- Musharraf Needs His Own Party (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Feb 05, 2006)
Having dominated the national scene longer than any of his chief rivals, Gen Musharraf should go to the people in 2007 with his own, new party rather than continue to rely on the defectors from other parties.
- Iran Leading Terror Sponsor: Rumsfeld (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
US Defence Secretary Mr Donald Rumsfeld today urged the world to work for a “diplomatic solution” to halt the nuclear programme of Iran, a nation he called the “leading state sponsor of terrorism.”
- Iran To Go Ahead With Pipeline, Even Without India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Rahul Gandhi Waiting To Step In! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
The irrepressible clamour at the Hyderabad AICC session for induction of Rahul Gandhi either in the union cabinet or at a top party position speaks volumes about the apparent indispensability of this young Nehru-Gandhi scion in running . . .
- The Right To Laugh At Gods (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 05, 2006)
Last week newspapers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, in a gesture of solidarity with Denmark, reprinted the Danish cartoons that have enraged the Islamic world because one of them depicts the Prophet Mohammad, and . . .
- Twilight Of The West (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2006)
Niall Ferguson From the Daily Telegraph © Niall Ferguson
The author is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University www.niallferguson.org
- Call For Introspection (Hindu, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 05, 2006)
CERTAINLY, "Understatement" is not a word you'd associate with the self-proclaimed "Muslim refusenik", Irshad Manji.
- Hamas Expects To Form Palestinian Government (Reuters, Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Feb 05, 2006)
A Hamas leader said on Saturday that the Islamic militant group hoped to form a Palestinian government later this month after agreeing with President Mahmoud Abbas to convene parliament on Feb. 16.
- Iran And United States Square Up After Iaea Vote (Reuters, PARISA HAFEZI , Feb 05, 2006)
Defiant Iran said it would end snap U.N. nuclear checks on Sunday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog voted to report the Islamic Republic to the Security Council over concerns about its nuclear programme.
- Iaea Votes To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 05, 2006)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to the Security Council over fears it is trying to build atomic bombs and a defiant Tehran said it would end snap U.N. inspections of its nuclear plants from Sunday.
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