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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- The Unendurable Truth (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2007)
IN 2005, just after the identity of London’s 7/7 bombers had been ascertained there was a phrase missing from almost all the media coverage.
- Reorienting Youth Policies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2007)
Recentily, President Pervez Musharraf expressed his resolve to extend greater support to youth affairs.
- The Fall Of Dhaka (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Nov 03, 2007)
Autumn, or fall, as the Americans call it, is one of the best times to be in Dhaka. Not this fall though. Visiting the resilient Bangladesh capital, with its teeming, upwardly mobile middle class in late October, twice, in a span of two . . . .
- Other Voices - Bangladesh Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2007)
IT was a dream. It came true.
Bangladesh freed the judiciary from the executive branch, effective from November 1, ending the long legacy of British colonial and Pakistan’s ‘semi-colonial’ rules.
- Us - Or Chinese - Poodle? (OutLook, B. Raman , Nov 03, 2007)
Ever since Shri Prakash Karat took over the stewardship of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), it has come out in the open as a strong defender of Chinese interests.
- Debating Points (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 03, 2007)
The CPI(M) has announced that it is set for a debate, but not voting. But what will its argument be based on?
- And Back To Dubai Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2007)
NOT even a fortnight after she returned from her eight-year exile, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto has returned to Dubai, ostensibly to visit her children and ailing mother.
- A Criminal Force? (Tribune, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Nov 03, 2007)
THE ghost of an outspoken judge is haunting the Indian establishment. A pronouncement by Justice Anand Narain Mulla of the Allahabad High Court nearly half a century ago is often quoted even today.
- Coming Up: Floor Test (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Nov 03, 2007)
The suggested parliamentary debate on the 123 agreement will be among the most important discussions held in Parliament in Independent India. It will be a test for all political parties in terms of their approach to India’s national interest.
- Organisers Seek Ulfa’S Blessings (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Nov 03, 2007)
In an unprecedented move, the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has made an appeal to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) among others to facilitate smooth holding of the November 5 Indian-Pakistan one-day international cricket . . . . . .
- Bangladesh Judiciary Separates From The Executive (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 02, 2007)
The judiciary of Bangladesh embarked on an epoch-making journey on Thursday separating itself from the executive organ of the state fulfilling a long-cherished dream.
- A Consequential Visit (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 02, 2007)
The timing of Sonia Gandhi's visit to China is important. The UPA Government is facing the Left's opposition to the nuclear deal. And on the international front, China remains non-committal on the agreement, which needs IAEA's and NSG's approval
- Pak Sc Gives Jail Sentence To Officials For Manhandling Cj (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday awarded jail terms to eight police and civil officials for manhandling Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in March after he was suspended by President Pervez Musharraf.
- Something Amiss In The 1971 Story (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 02, 2007)
Former Army Chief Gen JJ Singh's suggestion that the records of 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars be made public is pertinent.
- Pak Elections Might Be Deferred: Jamali (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Former Pakistani prime minister Mir Zafrullah Khan Jamali has said the parliamentary elections are likely to be put off for some time because of the existing security situation in the country.
- Taliban Tests Nato’S Resolve (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Nov 02, 2007)
The impact of the continuing bloodshed is being felt far beyond Afghanistan.
- Bhutto Leaves For Dubai To See Family, Says Won’T Support Emergency In Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday left for Dubai to meet her family, barely two weeks after she returned to Pakistan from eight years of self-imposed exile.
- Militants’ Camps In Pok Intact: Army (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Internal turmoil in Pakistan and its President Pervez Musharraf's refrain against Islamist militants operating from its soil had not changed much on the ground as far as insurgence in Kashmir was concerned, the Army said today.
- Cautionary Tale (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 02, 2007)
In April 1972, while walking aimlessly down Free School Street, a friend and I chanced upon a hawker selling forms that would enable travel between the newly-liberated Bangladesh and India.
- Skirting The Border (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The latest Communist Party of China Congress saw Hu Jintao emerge for his second five-year term as a stronger leader.
- Bhutto Says It Is Too Early To Trust Pervez (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto on Thursday said it was "too early" to say if she can trust President General Pervez Musharraf in the efforts to usher in democracy in crisis-ridden Pakistan.
- Global Positioning (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A recent issue of a news magazine proclaimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s volte face on the nuclear deal had destroyed his credibility.
- Stalled Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 02, 2007)
There is a clear and wide gap between America's official and private reaction to the stalling of the Indo-US nuclear deal primarily because of domestic political discord in India and the reluctance of the Congress-led ruling coalition . . . . .
- We Will Not Be Intimidated: Pakistan Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court said on Thursday that it would not be intimidated by threats of martial law when it ruled on whether to validate President General Pervez Musharraf’s recent election victory.
- Indo-Us Ties Anti-China, So We Will Oppose: Karat (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The CPM vowed to oppose a strategic alliance between India and the United States saying such a move is aimed at countering China.
- 9 Die, 40 Hurt In Pak Attack (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Nov 02, 2007)
Six Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officials and three civilians were killed on Thursday when a suicide attacker blew the bus carrying them near the Sargodha district.
- Suicide Attack On Pakistan Air Force Bus, Five Killed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying Pakistan Air Force personnel in north-eastern Punjab province on Thursday killing at least five persons and wounding 40 others.
- Us, Left Govt Can Do Business: Kissinger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The high priest of the international strategic community, Henry Kissinger, believes that the growing intimacy between India and the US has nothing to do with China but is founded on the common belief that jihadist Islam must be contained.
- Pak To Try Civilians In Military Courts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The Pakistan government will soon issue an ordinance that will allow military courts to try civilians for offences like terrorism and give sweeping powers to security and intelligence agencies.
- Senior Militant Leader Killed Near Afghanistan-Pakistan Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Afghan security forces killed a senior militant commander as he attempted to cross from Pakistan into Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said in a statement on Friday.
- Suicide Bomber Kills 8 Pak Air Force Officials (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
At least eight officials of the Pakistan Air Force were killed and 40 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into their bus Thursday morning, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general, Maj-Gen Waheed Arshad said here.
- Row Over Saudi King's Visit To Uk (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Oct 31, 2007)
Pomp, ceremony and controversy has marked the start of king Abdullah's three-day visit to Britain, the first by a Saudi monarch in 20 years, with human rights protestors and leading British politicians denouncing the red carpet welcome. . .
- Nuke Deal Not Easy To Salvage: Kissinger (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The nuke deal, for instance. He clarified that his visit had nothing to do with the deal; he just happens to be visiting at a time when it's the hottest subject for discussion. He felt it was a very good deal for India and in case it gets nixed. . .
- Turkey’S Kurdish Problem: Lessons For India (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 31, 2007)
Turkey’s Kurdish dilemma offers salutary lessons for strategic thinkers. It enables them to take a rare peep into the actual world of politics and the pitiless ravines of international diplomacy.
- Multiple Conflicts Bleed Pak Army (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Pakistani Army is "bleeding", and quite profusely at that, in its ongoing bloody skirmishes with extremists in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, with a "high" casualty rate as well as "unprecedented" levels of desertions . . . .
- Discernible Change In Perceptions On Solution To Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
There has been a major shift in perception regarding the resolution of Kashmir problem in Pakistan and the Kashmir valley.
- Not End Of N-Road: Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 31, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight admitted that there was some delay in taking next steps to operationalise the Indo-US nuclear deal but added an optimistic dimension when he said: “We have not reached the end of the road.”
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 31, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition.
- Allow Shariff Home: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan's top judge on Tuesday ordered the government to allow Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former prime minister in September violated an earlier court ruling.
- Jaish ‘Commander’ Killed In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
A “commander” of the Jaish-e-Mohammad was killed in an encounter with security forces in Bandipora district of Kashmir on Tuesday.
- Pm Integrity Unquestioned, No Reason Govt Should Not Last Full Term: Karat (Telegraph, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 31, 2007)
In his first public overture to Manmohan Singh since the bitter stand-off began in early August over the Indo-US nuclear deal, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today underlined the Left’s “respect” for the Prime Minister and appreciated. . .
- Let Sharif Return, Court Orders Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan’s top judge on Tuesday ordered the government to allow Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former Prime Minister in September violated an earlier court ruling.
- Mixed Messages (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 31, 2007)
THE picture of the national economy looks rosy on the face of it, despite a worrying rise in the current account deficit and persistent inflationary risks.
- Musharraf Advised To Declare Emergency (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is being advised to declare emergency in the country before a possible Supreme Court decision against his eligibility, official sources said.
- Suicide Blast Near Musharraf Hq (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf survived yet another assassination attempt on Tuesday as a suicide attacker blew himself up at walking distance from Gen. Musharraf’s headquarters, Army House, in Rawalpindi.
- Allow Nawaz Sharif To Return Home: Pak Sc To Govt (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan's top judge on Tuesday ordered the government to allow Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former Prime Minister in September violated an earlier court ruling.
- State Power Vs Street Power (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
IN modern times, people’s power emerged most radically and effectively after the French Revolution in 1789 when a Parisian crowd demolished the Bastille in defiance of state oppression and ultimately ended the rule of the Bourbon dynasty by executing the
- ‘Cooperation With Nawaz Possible’ (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 31, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that cooperation with former Premier Nawaz Sharif is possible in the forth coming general election.
- Afghanistan: No End In Sight (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Oct 31, 2007)
A COUPLE of days ago, the Nato defence ministers met in Noordwijk to hear impassioned pleas from the Americans and the British for a greater commitment of troops by their Nato allies in Afghanistan.
- A Matter Of Aesthetics (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Oct 31, 2007)
A PENCHANT for culture is visible at all levels of society, whether the individuals are rich or poor, enlightened or illiterate.
- Pervez Safe In Office, Attack Kills 7 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Police blocked a suicide bomber who blew himself up near the office of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, killing seven people, officials said.
- Court To Pak: Let Sharif Come Back (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan’s top judge on Tuesday ordered the government to allow Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former Prime Minister in September violated an earlier court ruling.
- Nepal Needs A Close Look (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Oct 31, 2007)
In the case of Nepal, historically India's foreign policy has been driven by its security concerns, but the policy planning has been patchy.
- Return To Bamiyan (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Oct 31, 2007)
The 1,500-year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan are gone, of course, replaced by two gashes in the reddish-brown cliff.
- Deadly Delivery For General (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
A suicide attack killed at least seven people, including the bomber, less than a kilometre from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's army residence in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, police said.
- Where Are The Promises? (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 31, 2007)
WE are told that elections are around the corner. Both the PPP and the PML-Q appear to have started working the vote.
- Pakistan Sc Orders Government To Let Nawaz Sharif Return (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan's top judge on Tuesday ordered the Government to allow Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former Prime Minister in September violated an earlier court ruling.
- Pak Cj Orders Sharif Return (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry today ordered the government to allow Nawaz Sharif to return home, saying its deportation of the former Prime Minister in September violated an earlier court ruling.
- Indian Intelligence Claims Knowledge Of Pakistan’S ‘New Kashmir Strategy’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 31, 2007)
A three-pronged Kashmir strategy adopted by Pakistan involving shifting the focus of engineering violence in Kashmir to other parts of India outside Jammu and Kashmir (JK), and building ‘united’ political support within JK has been unearthed . . . .
- Economic Consequences Of Talibanisation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 31, 2007)
During the 1990s Pakistan’s annual growth rate averaged about 3 percent.
- Need For Political Balance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
Each country should have a political system that suits its internal and external situation.
- Uproar Over The Nro (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Oct 30, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto’s return has evoked strong reactions. A section of society has raised a moral uproar over the National Reconciliation Ordinance that was promulgated before her arrival, claiming that she has been allowed to ‘escape justice. . . . .
- A New Economic Course (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 30, 2007)
THE political structure that is being built at this time in Pakistan, brick by reluctant brick, may set the stage for the reformulation of economic policy.
- Fire At Radio Pakistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2007)
MILLIONS of rupees worth of infrastructure and equipment were lost in Sunday’s blaze that left the studios of the Radio Pakistan building in Karachi gutted.
- Imran: Oust Fazl From Oppn Alliance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan and the Jamiat Ulema Islam Fazlur Rehman group (JUI-F) have traded accusations that they are serving interests of Gen Pervez Musharraf by causing dissensions within the All-Parties Democratic Movement (APDM).
- Islamabad Put On High Alert (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The Pakistan capital is on high alert following intelligence reports that suicide bombers have entered the city in the wake of fierce clashes between security forces and militants in the restive Swat region.
- India Asked To Identify Places For Group Visas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Islamabad has asked New Delhi to identify four Hindu-Sikh holy shrines in Pakistan so that the government could consider issuing group visas to Indian citizens, official sources told Dawn.
- Indian Troops To Vacate Hospital, School Buildings In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Thousands of Indian troops will begin moving out of schools and hospitals in occupied Kashmir this week in a move to boost trust in the revolt-torn region after a fall in militant violence, authorities said on Monday.
- Pause After Troops Kill 60 Pak Rebels (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistani troops killed up to 60 militants during fierce fighting in the Swat valley in the country’s northwest, the army said today, and the insurgents called a truce to recover their dead and wounded.
- Germany’S Merkel In India To Talk Trade, Security (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in India on Monday for a visit expected to focus on security and trade issues, as Europe’s largest economy aims to strengthen ties with the Asian giant.
- Political Survival Vs Energy Imperatives (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Both in politics and in military strategy buying time by reaching a tactical agreement with the potential adversary is a standard procedure. India's governing United Progressive Alliance (UPA) move to assure the Left that the operationalisation . . . .
- Pak Hires Delhi Thorn To Lobby Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan has hired controversial the former US assistant secretary of state for South Asia, Robin Raphael, to push its case on Capitol Hill and with the White House.
- India Interested In Turkmen Pipeline (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
India is keen to receive gas from Turkmenistan via a planned pipeline and is also considering investments in gas and oil producer Qatar to meet rapidly rising domestic demand, India’s Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Monday.
- 50 Militants Killed, Ceasefire Called (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistani troops killed between 50 militants during fighting in the restive Swat valley on Sunday, the military said on Monday.
- Bhutto: No Immediate Plans To See Pervez (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that she has no immediate plans to meet Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf.
- Khan Labs Gave N-Components To Libya: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Pakistan's Khan Research Laboratories, which was founded by nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, had clandestinely supplied centrifuge components to a nuclear plant intended to be installed in Libya, a new book has claimed.
- Fashioning A Policy For Myanmar (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Oct 30, 2007)
The brutal crackdown in Myanmar in recent weeks has quelled protests but has stirred the international conscience.
- Pak Capital On High Alert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Islamabad is on high alert following intelligence reports that suicide bombers have entered the city.
- The Type Of War Being Fought In The Frontiers Is Not Our War: Asad Durrani (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 30, 2007)
The former ISI chief,Asad Durrani, on the situation in the NWFP, talks with the Taliban, and the challenges before the new army chief.
- 'There Are Strict Regulations On Sting Operations In Britain' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Nik Keith Gowing is no stranger to India and not to billions across the world. Well, it's hard to miss the main presenter on the BBC's international news and current affairs channel, BBC World for over a decade.
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