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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 19042:
- Speed Up On Iran (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency's expected decision to refer Iran to the UN Security Council could be a ray of light in an otherwise dark saga whose potentially calamitous conclusion can hardly be exaggerated.
- Peace In Afghanistan Fragile, Says Annan: Islamabad Pledges $50m (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the joint initiative of the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and the United Nations for the ‘Afghanistan Compact’ development plan at the London Conference as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pointed out that recent attacks . . .
- 60 Nations Set 5-Year Goals To Aid Afghanistan (New York Times, ALAN COWELL, Feb 01, 2006)
The Bush administration pledged Tuesday to seek Congressional approval for a further $1.1 billion in aid to help rebuild Afghanistan next year, roughly the same amount sought for 2006.
- State To Promote Four Satellite It Destinations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Information Technology fair begins in Kochi Infopark
The Kerala Government will position Kottayam, Thrissur, Kannur and Kozhikode as satellite IT destinations in the State as IT activities are now concentrated around the State capital . . .
- The Varied Faces Of Political Islam (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 01, 2006)
In the absence of egalitarian secular alternatives, the masses in West Asia are turning to Islamist forces.
- Kalam: We Are For Total Disarmament (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 01, 2006)
President reiterates New Delhi's no-first-use policy
Terrorism required an integrated solution
Education should be based on value systems
- Iran Issue: India's Stand Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 01, 2006)
Now that it is clear that the Iran nuclear issue will be referred to the UN Security Council, India's stance at the IAEA Board meeting on Thursday assumes importance. If, as seems likely, India toes the US line and sticks to the anti-Iran stand . . .
- Teheran Threatens To Bar U.N. Inspections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Iran's nuclear negotiator says country will resume nuclear activities if referred to Security Council
- Jaswant Visits Hinglaj Temple (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 01, 2006)
The shrine is held in veneration by both Hindus and Muslims
Leading an 86-member delegation, the former Foreign Minister and senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh visited the ancient temple of Hinglaj in Balochistan on Tuesday.
- Poor Struggle In Shadows Of India's Richest City (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 01, 2006)
When authorities cleared the way for a multi-billion-dollar facelift of India's richest city last year, Mohammed Allahjan lost his home and then a daughter.
- Palestinians Alter Leadership (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Feb 01, 2006)
Even though Hamas has hinted at change, the world sides with Israel in advising Palestine to renounce violence
- Musharraf Bugbear Of American Media (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 01, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf's latest mini-tirade against India comes against a backdrop of the worst US media criticism he has encountered since his military coup overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
- Musharraf To Stay As Army Chief Beyond 2007 - Ally (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pakistan's ruling coalition will elect President Pervez Musharraf for another five-year term and allow him to stay in uniform if it wins the next general election, newspapers quoted a key ally of the general as saying.
- A Very Fine Balance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 01, 2006)
When does criticism of religion become an expression of religious hatred?
- Hamas Victory Stirs Palestinian Humour (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Feb 01, 2006)
Call it humour with a fundamentalist twist. Jokes poking fun at Hamas and looking ahead to life under the Islamic militant group have been making the rounds via cellphone text messages Palestinians have been sending each other since it crushed . . .
- Don’T Cut Aid: Hamas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
A top Hamas leader promised today that foreign aid would go only toward helping ordinary Palestinians — not to attacks on Israel — and said a Hamas government was ready to have its spending monitored.
- Munabao Rail Service From Feb 18 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan today decided to resume rail link that will connect Khokharapar with Munabao, from February 18.
- Musharraf To Continue As President (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Pervez Musharraf will continue to be Pakistan’s President and retain his post as the Army Chief even after the next general elections due in 2007 despite opposition from mainstream political parties and reservations expressed by Commonwealth.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- Cadaver Donation Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
The Senate chairman, Mohammadmian Soomro, told the National Institute of Child Health symposium the other day that the cadaveric organ donation bill that had been before the Upper House since 1992 is being reviewed.
- Hamas At The Crossroads (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 01, 2006)
Belying the predictions of experts and the results of exit polls, the Hamas, formally known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, scored an overwhelming victory, garnering 76 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian legislature and bringing to an end the . . .
- Kashmir Situation - A New Phase (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Feb 01, 2006)
Undoubtedly, Kashmir situation has entered a new phase -- the phase of dialogues no matter productive or non productive. However, that does not mean the end of externally sponsored and locally abetted militancy.
- Religious Tolerance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 01, 2006)
Have you noticed how every nation, every society and every individual often claim that tolerance of political, religious and social views of others is a cardinal feature of their culture?
- Before The Dream Sours (Telegraph, Raoji Bandodkar, Feb 01, 2006)
India would do better to attend to the more press- ing domestic problems than try to join the UN high table uninvited, argues Raoji Bandodkar
- How To Make Sense Of Nuclear Cloud (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Following are key issues in the Iran debate as the UN nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, prepares to hold a crisis session on Thursday.
- Pakistan Wants Diplomatic Solution To Iran N-Issue’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
“Pakistan wants a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue”, said Khurshid Mehmoud Kasuri, the foreign minister.
- Welcome Khadim-E-Harmain Sharifain (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is arriving in Islamabad today on a two-day State visit to Pakistan at the invitation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf. He will hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani leaders on the security environment, . . .
- Let Us Speak For Itself (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 01, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Ms Tasneem Aslam has said that the US has held out formal assurance that Bajaur-like incidents will not be repeated in future. At the weekly news briefing, she said that the assurance has come from the ‘highest US authorities’.
- Iran's Next Reckoning (Telegraph (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Iran has signalled that great power agreement to refer it to the Security Council over its nuclear ambitions marks "the end of diplomacy".
- Hamas At The Helm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2006)
Hopefully, it will give up violence
The victory of the Hamas, described as a terrorist organization by the US, the European Union and Israel, in the January 25 Palestinian elections has added a new dimension to the crisis in West Asia.
- Failing The Test (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2006)
Making the right choice of allies is crucial to electoral politics. There was nothing right about Ms Mamata Banerjee’s idea of a mahajot, or a grand alliance, against the left in the coming polls in Bengal.
- All Change (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2006)
Blessings often come heavily disguised as setbacks. The Congress is possibly experiencing such a blessing in Karnataka and is failing to recognize it as such.
- New Threats From Al-Qaida (Daily Excelsior, P. Bhattacharya, Jan 31, 2006)
In the event of recent proclamations of Osama bin Laden threatening the US, each of the items in the increasing din of news reports of prisoner abuse is a public relations windfall for the Al Qaeda, in the same way the Vietnam War . . .
- New Intelligence Links Iisc Attack To Dhaka-Based Terror Cell (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 31, 2006)
RAW intercepts conversation between Naved Gul and his handlers
Resources from West Asia put to good use: suspect
Gul was among 14 Hyderabadis recruited to train with Lashkar
- N-Proliferation Can’T Be Ignored (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 31, 2006)
India is in a difficult position in respect of the possible resolution that may come up before the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on February 2.
- Manipur Burning Dangerously (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 31, 2006)
Everybody in the country knows that terrorism takes the heaviest toll of human life in Jammu and Kashmir. But not many outside the north-east region may be aware that the second in this dubious list is the tiny state of Manipur that occupies . . .
- Discovery’S New Show: Us, Pak & The Hunt For Al-Qaeda (Indian Express, TONY PERRY, Jan 31, 2006)
Politics, it is said, makes strange bed-fellows. So too does the fight against Al-Qaeda. The first part of a top-notch two-hour documentary, The new Al-Qaeda—Frontline Pakistan and Jihad.com, on the Discovery Times Channel, examines the marriage . . .
- Saudi King’S Malaysia Trip Targets Muslim Concerns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
King Abdullah begins on Monday the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Muslim Malaysia in 36 years, a trip whose potential could stretch past concerns over trade and oil to offer ways to reshape the Islamic world.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 31, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- ‘Bjp’S First Southern Success Significant’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jan 31, 2006)
Rajnath Singh took the reins of the BJP at a time when the party was in a transition stage and beset with the Advani-Jinnah controversy. The winds of ‘positive change’ for the party almost coincided with his taking over the party Presidentship.
- ``Al Fatah Must Reinvent Itself'' (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jan 31, 2006)
"Poll verdict was against administration"
Palestinian Authority has failed to tone up quality of life
Many people are unhappy with the peace process
- Hamas Victory Sparks Debate In Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jan 31, 2006)
The triumph of Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections has created a buzz in militancy-affected Jammu and Kashmir.
- Goodbye Paris, Hello Chad (Dawn, Walter Russell Mead, Jan 31, 2006)
About 100 seasoned US state department officials recently got perhaps the nastiest shock of their professional lives.
- Detach Politics And Economics (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 31, 2006)
If Pakistan allows the Kashmir issue to stymie its trade with India, it could get isolated in the region
- Benazir To Return To Pakistan For 2007 Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said she plans to return to Pakistan from her self-imposed exile in time for the next elections in 2007, even if it means risking arrest.
- What Caused The Accident? (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Initial investigations conducted into Sunday night’s train crash near Jhelum have indicated the possibility of this being an act of sabotage.
- Benazir Bhutto To Return To Pakistan In '07 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto has said that she plans to return to Pakistan ahead of the next general election in 2007, even if it means risking arrest.
- Qaeda's Zawahri Says Survives U.S. Strike (Reuters, Inal Ersan, Jan 31, 2006)
Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri blasted U.S. President George W. Bush as a "butcher" in a video tape aired on Monday, saying a recent U.S. air strike targeting him had killed only innocent people.
- Help Sought For Peaceful Nuclear Technology: Govt Committed To Gas Pipeline Project: Kasuri (Dawn, Arshad Sharif, Jan 31, 2006)
Foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Monday asked the international community not to adopt a discriminatory approach toward Pakistan but to help it acquire nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
- N-Ties Not Linked With Democracy, Says Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 31, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday made it clear that while it was cooperating with the international community in the war against terrorism the effective measures it had taken to fight this scourge were primarily prompted by its own national interest.
- U.N. Security Council Needed In Iran Atomic Row - Eu (Reuters, Madeline Chambers, Jan 31, 2006)
The United States and European powers sought on Monday to convince Russia and China to back tough diplomatic action against Iran and send Tehran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear plans.
- I Survived Bajaur Strike: Zawahri (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Al-Qaeda’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said he had survived a US air strike targeting him in the Bajaur tribal agency of Pakistan earlier this month, in a video tape aired by Al-Jazeera television on Monday.
- Balochistan Issue Echoes In Senate (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Jan 31, 2006)
The issue of military operation in Balochistan echoed in the Senate on Monday when Sen Sanaullah Baloch pointed out that the US Congress had recommended to President Bush to discuss it during his upcoming visit to Islamabad.
- Don’T Cut Aid: Hamas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
A top Hamas leader promised today that foreign aid would go only toward helping ordinary Palestinians — not to attacks on Israel — and said a Hamas government was ready to have its spending monitored.
- Lashkar Planned Terror Strikes In South India (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 31, 2006)
14 from Hyderabad, 6 from Gujarat were recruited for training Little is known about the overall command structure of Bangladesh-based jihadist groups operating in India
- Time For Candour (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Jan 31, 2006)
Argues that any religion can degenerate if its tenets are not subjected to constant scrutiny
- The Reforms Debate (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 31, 2006)
A timely account of the intellectual ferment in the Arab world and the attempts of governments to cope politically and intellectually with the new challenges
- Post-Election Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 31, 2006)
Unless common sense prevails all around, there is every possibility that Palestine could descend into chaos.
- Too Much Of Hip-Hopping (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 31, 2006)
Anybody who has been a habitue of the newspaper habit would have noticed a number of important people have done a fair amount of calling during the last week.
- From The Blurb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
A firsthand account of the poverty, discrimination and trampling of human rights suffered daily by billions of people across the world. It represents the collective voice of the poor and excluded people from 5000 villages across 19 countries in Africa, .
- Pakistan Is Losing Ground (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 31, 2006)
During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz spoke repeatedly about the openness of the economy he and his economic team manage.
- Hamas Prepares For Office (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
A CURIOUS little scene is being repeated on street corners and in cafés all over the West Bank and Gaza
- Eu-Iran Talks Fail To Ease N-Standoff (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
Europe renewed a call on Iran on Monday to refrain from sensitive nuclear activities, as last-ditch talks with Tehran to avoid referral to the UN Security Council failed to ease the standoff.
- Observer Status At The Oic (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jan 31, 2006)
Prior to his departure for India to attend its Republic Day parade on January 26 as chief guest, Saudi King Abdullah gave an interview to a private Indian TV channel.
- After The Hamas Earthquake (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 30, 2006)
DEMOCRATS will rightly applaud the 78 per cent turnout in Wednesday’s elections to the Palestinian parliament, which were remarkably fair, free and peaceful.
- Saudi Arabia Looks East (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 30, 2006)
SOME seven years ago, Pakistan, in a gesture of solidarity, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Saudi kingdom by the house of Saud.
- Environmental Degradation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 30, 2006)
A WORKSHOP conducted by an NGO in Islamabad the other day pointed out that although it is mandatory to carry out an environment impact assessment (EIA) before undertaking a development project, this has rarely been the case, especially in the public secto
- Whose War On Terror? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 30, 2006)
ONE would not dispute President Pervez Musharraf’s claim that Pakistan has played a critical role in the fight against terrorism and has preempted many attacks in other countries
- Musharraf Wants West To See Beyond Terrorism (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the US and its allies do not understand the threat of extremism and confuse terrorism with extremism.
- Musharraf Says India Not Moving Forward (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 30, 2006)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said she is planning to return to her country from self-imposed exile prior to the 2007 elections with a view to restoring democracy.
- A Two-Edged Victory (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 30, 2006)
The sweeping victory scored by Hamas in the Palestinian parliamentary elections is, on the face of it, a setback for the peace process.
- Hopes In Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 30, 2006)
Democracy may spring deadly surprises. Its Western sentinels — the United States of America, Britain and the European Union — would have had cause to rejoice over the Palestinian elections, which were remarkably free, fair and peaceful.
- Waters Of Contention (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Jan 30, 2006)
Sharing of river waters by Pakistan and Afghanistan is developing into a major row between the two neighbours.
- Across The Arabian Sea (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 30, 2006)
THE Delhi Declaration signed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia last Friday has acquired special significance from various angles.
- Soni, Soz, Deora Join Union Cabinet (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first comprehensive reshuffle and expansion of his 20-month-old Council of Ministers
- Now The Real Challenge For Hamas (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 30, 2006)
Palestine's majority party must swap terrorism for political strategies. Then perhaps real progress can be made towards peace.
- Saudi Arabia Looks Ahead (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 30, 2006)
The Saudis have for long had a special relationship with the US. But that equation is about to undergo an alteration with China and India becoming the focal points of Riyadh's economic and political diplomacy.
- Waiting For The Messiah (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 30, 2006)
The UP Congress is still fighting shy of wooing the backward castes, hoping to be saved by the first family,
- Shinde, Antulay, Soz Inducted In Ministry (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2006)
Three heavyweights from Maharashtra - Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay and Murli Deora - were today brought into the Union Cabinet in a major expansion and reshuffle of his ministry by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who stripped Mani Shankar Aiyar of...
- Three Maharashtra Heavyweights In Union Cabinet (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 30, 2006)
Three heavyweights from Maharashtra - Sushil Kumar Shinde, A R Antulay and Murli Deora - were today brought into the Union Cabinet in a major expansion
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