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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Count Your Blessings (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 01, 2007)
Sometime when you can spare time from feeling sorry for yourself and for the wretched state of affairs of your country, take a look at your neighbours.
- Ranil Meets Chandrika (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 31, 2007)
The former Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, had a 45-minute meeting with the former President, Chandrika Kumaratunge, at the latter’s official residence on Wednesday.
- 10 Tamil Tigers Killed In Clashes (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Sri Lanka today claimed that at least 10 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in two separate clashes with its military in the volatile northern region during the past 24 hours.
- Sri Lanka To Drop Ethnic Origin Reference (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2007)
Sri Lanka has decided to exclude references like nationality, ethnic origin, religion and language in all future registration of households by the police.
- India Should Wake Up To Exploitation Of Asian Maids (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Aug 29, 2007)
Not long ago three Indian women working in a restaurant in Bahrain talked about how they were forced into prostitution by the restaurant manager and a woman supervisor.
- The Other Hyderabad Attack: 2 Bombs, 3 Probes, Both Hands Tied (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Aug 29, 2007)
At the Mediciti Hospital here today, five injured students from a Maharashtra engineering college who were at Lumbini Park on Saturday night and who survived the serial blasts that left 44 dead, were shown dossiers by the police in the hope that . . . .
- Saarc: India To Push For Better Connectivity (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Aug 29, 2007)
At the first SAARC Transport Ministers’ meet that begins in New Delhi on Wednesday, India will not only push for creation of major regional transport corridors but also enhanced postal connectivity, money transfer and parcel services in the region.
- Rajapaksa Condemns Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Condemning the latest Hyderabad blasts, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered assistance in combating terrorism in South Asia .
- Air Penetration In India Remains Low: Assocham (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
High cost of air travel is hampering the reach of aviation services, despite the entry of numerous private players in the country, industry body Assocham said.
- Cops Crack Indian Expat's Murder In Sharjah (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Police in Sharjah claimed to have solved the murder of an Indian businessman Devrajan, whose body was found in his apartment last week and have arrested his Sri Lankan maid.
- Armed Forces At 60 (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Aug 27, 2007)
Sixty years after Independence, India’s armed forces are the fourth largest in the world though size, as the Chinese have learnt and we have not, does not convert into operational élan.
- India's Terror Death Toll Second Only To Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
The US and UK may like to believe that they are leading the war on terror globally, but the country that has had to face the worst of terrorist attacks on its own soil, barring war-torn Iraq, is India.
- Little Indias In Paris (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
‘Little India’, in Paris, is located in the north of the city, in the vicinity of Gare du Nord (Northern Railway Station).
- Red Alert For Ltte Operatives Sounded Along South-Eastern Coast (Hindu, C. Jaishankar, Aug 25, 2007)
Search operations by Navy and Coast Guard following message from Sri Lanka
Police conduct combing operation
Landing points for smugglers searched
- To Extend Presence (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 25, 2007)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced on Friday that it had agreed to extend its presence at Omanthai crossing in Vavunia in the north from three to five days a week.
- Indian Guru Makes Peace Angels Of Iraqi Youths (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
At Sri Sri’s retreat about 150 Arabs from Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan and Lebanon mix easily with two dozen Israeli participants
- Acronyms Anonymous (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Aug 25, 2007)
I am hopelessly lost and bewildered and if I am going batty, it is due to the taut nerves caused by having to hack through a dense thicket of acronyms in a bid to get a Half-Nelson on the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic conundrum.
- Sri Lanka Hunt Turns To Tigers In (Singapore Times, AJAI SAHNI, Aug 23, 2007)
With the eviction of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from Batticaloa, capital of Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, and the Tigers' eventual collapse in the Thoppigala jungle area (Barron's Rock) on July 11, the expulsion of the. . .
- Sri Lankan Artistes Enthral (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The performance by young artistes from Sri Lanka enthralled the audience here.
- Sri Lankan Warplanes Attack Rebel Base (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Sri Lankan warplanes bombed a Tamil Tiger base in the northeastern district of Mullaittivu on Wednesday causing heavy damage, the defence ministry said.
- Sri Lankan Warplanes Hit Tiger ‘Naval Base’ (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 23, 2007)
Sri Lankan Air Force fighter jets bombed rebel-held northern Mullaitivu district on Wednesday, and the defence establishment later said heavy damage was inflicted on "a key strategic naval base" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). . .
- Deport Taslima (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Aug 22, 2007)
Roughing up of Taslima Nasreen has once again brought up the issue of 'freedom of speech' in focus. What happened in Hyderabad was not in good taste, but who are responsible for that?
- Tigers Launch Artillery Attacks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 22, 2007)
Aid worker shot dead in Jaffna
- Bhagwati Meets Rajapaksa (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 21, 2007)
Head of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Justice P.N. Bhagwati called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday to sort out the issues pertaining to the functioning of the Commission appointed by the . . . .
- Anti-Americanism Blinds The Left (Tribune, Premvir Das, Aug 21, 2007)
THE Ugly American” was, of course, a Hollywood movie of the 1960s but if recent political dramatics in our country are anything to go by, the USA, for some, continues to be the dirty bully that it has always been; this despite the fact that . . . .
- Men Of Straw (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 21, 2007)
During the discussion on the Act that gave India independence, Winston Churchill said, "Power will go into hands of rascals, rogues and freebooters. Not a bottle of water, not a loaf of bread shall escape taxation.
- Bsnl Set To Hike Traffic Charges On Lanka Cable (Indian Express, MANOJ GAIROLA, Aug 21, 2007)
The public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is set to increase charges for carrying international voice and data traffic through its submarine cable between India and Lanka.
- India's Silent Warriors (Asia Times, B Raman, Aug 20, 2007)
Secrecy and intelligence agencies are synonymous. Very rarely does the general public get a peek into the shadowy world of spooks and their death-defying deeds shrouded behind the iron curtain of state secrets.
- Bedi Tries To Bowl Out Murali (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 20, 2007)
For those TV news-channels which love cricket controversies, it was a godsend. Former India left-arm spinner and ex-captain Bishen Singh Bedi once again questioned the bowling action of Sri Lankan off-spinner Muralitharan.
- India-Un Methodology To Scale Down Aids (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Some 25 years after the discovery of the first case of AIDS, the global figure of people living with the virus will come down when fresh data are released in November, a senior official of the United Nations AIDS umbrella disclosed today.
- ‘Saudi Family Killed Domestic Workers’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
A Saudi family beat to death two Indonesian women workers in an attack, Human Rights Watch said today and highlighted the government’s failure to deal with employers who seriously abuse domestic staff.
- An Amnesty Offer And New Problems (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 18, 2007)
How will the Rajapaksa Government’s offer of amnesty to the LTTE’s “stranded cadres” in the east play out?
- Crossing The Line In Lanka (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2007)
The recent statement by a top Sri Lankan official that Action Against Hunger (Action Contre la Faim) (AAH) were responsible for the massacre of 17 of their own local staff last year through "negligence" and "irresponsibility", deserves some sort . . . . .
- Colombo For Global Efforts Against Terror (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 17, 2007)
Sri Lanka is to host an “International Conference on Countering Terrorism” (ICCT) from October 18 to 20 here to compare experiences and discuss strategies required to counter such threats through enhanced international cooperation.
- India Has Its Own 'Soft Power' - Buddhism (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Aug 17, 2007)
As the Sino-Indian battle for influence in East and Southeast Asia intensifies, India is backing its political and economic diplomacy with soft-power diplomacy.
- Muslim Concerns (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 16, 2007)
IT was a breezy July evening. At a seaside club close to the Presidential Palace in Colombo, the city’s elite had gathered to enjoy the performance of a foreign cultural troupe. As the show ended, a Tamil businessman sighted a fellow Muslim . . . . .
- Costing Body Plans `Accounting Technicians' Course (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2007)
In addition to the present shortage of 25,000 qualified finance professionals, there will be a demand for 10 lakh accountancy-trained personnel in the next 10 years at a the junior level, says Mr Chandra Wadhwa, the newly elected President of the . . . .
- Secret Military Meet In Sydney (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Top military brass of 19 countries, including India and the USA, had a “secret meeting” in Sydney in the run up to an Asia-Pacific summit in the city next month, the Australian Army Chief revealed today.
- Sri Lanka Displaced Vulnerable: Report (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 16, 2007)
A fact-finding mission on the state of the displaced persons in the north and east in Sri Lanka since the escalation of hostilities between the military and the LTTE over a year ago, has said the conflict has led to a “large scale shifting of population”
- India's Model Democracy (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Considering that when India set out to be democratic, successful democracies tended to be white, rich, Christian and with a single dominant language, its success over 60 years is significant in two ways.
- Absence Of National Integration (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 16, 2007)
AS Pakistan celebrates its 60th birthday with some people having almost everything they want, and the rulers having a low public rating, some of the deficiencies have become too glaring.
- Eastern Cauldron (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
ON July 11, soldiers of Sri Lanka’s elite Special Forces hoisted the national flag at the summit of Baron’s Cap (Thoppigala /Kudumbimalai in Sinhala/Tamil), a rocky hill in the Eastern province.
- Growing Protests (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 16, 2007)
DESPITE the hard sell by the Indian government, the nuclear deal with the United States has found very few takers among the Opposition parties.
- Troops 'Kill' Tamil Tiger Rebels (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Three Tamil Tiger rebels and a soldier have been killed in fighting in Trincomalee district in northeast Sri Lanka, the military says.
- India, Sri Lanka May Sign Economic Partnership Agreement By Year-End (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
“The present situation on the island is conducive for investment”
“The trade relationship is increasing”
A positive sign for further growth
- Amnesty Offered To Trapped Tigers (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 14, 2007)
Sri Lanka has offered “amnesty for Tiger cadres trapped” in the eastern jungles to lay down their weapons and join the mainstream.
- Make R&aw Accountable (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 14, 2007)
Call it telepathy or the innate urge of good citizens to speak their minds in national interest, but by sheer coincidence two persons who have held senior positions in the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) have almost simultaneously published . . . .
- Navy, Sea Tigers In Fierce Battle (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
A major sea battle broke out between Sri Lanka’s Navy and the Sea Tigers wing of the LTTE off the eastern coast late on Sunday night, leaving one rebel boat destroyed and several other boats damaged as the confrontation ended by early Monday . . . .
- Pakistan At 60 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
PAKISTAN today is 60 years old. To say that we have achieved nothing over these six decades is to deny the truth. True, we have made blunder after blunder, committed terrible crimes against our own people, and in the process lost half the country in 1971.
- Redeploy, Don't Pull Out Troops (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Colonel V Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir on July 31.
- Looking At You (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
How do you say, “Here’s looking at you, kid,” in Malayalam? Director Rajeev Nath has announced his next venture, Ezham Mudra, a remake of Casablanca in Malayalam.
- Kadirgamar Was A Fearless Man Who Stood Steadfast In Defending Peace Process (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
The former Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, was a fearless man who stood steadfast in defending the peace process in Sri Lanka and paid for the belief with his own life, speakers at a commemoration of his second . . ..
- When Bowlers Score 100s (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Bowlers have been known to take their batting seriously even if their own teammates regard these performances as a bit of a joke.
- 11 Die In Sri Lanka Violence (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 13, 2007)
At least 11 persons, including four soldiers of Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and five cadres of the Tamil Tigers, were killed in continuing fighting in the north in the last 24 hours.
- Truce Monitors Blame Ltte Faction (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 11, 2007)
Sri Lanka’s Nordic ceasefire monitors have accused the breakaway group of the LTTE led by Karuna of holding more than 40 people forcibly and abducting eight others in the eastern Ampara district.
- A Vital Interest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 11, 2007)
India’s tortuous relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this week, illustrate that legend and history do not always synchronize.
- We Can’T Be Soft On Terror (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2007)
The Sanjay Dutt case brings to focus several issues. Besides focusing attention on our legal system, it also highlights the issue of national security and our "soft" approach to matters of national security for the sake of vote banks.
- Redeploy, Don't Pull Out Troops (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Colonel V Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir on July 31.
- "Bid To Damage Sri Lanka's Reputation" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 11, 2007)
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake on Friday accused Sir John Holmes, United Nations Under Secretary General for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), of tarnishing the international image of the country.
- 6 Killed In Lanka Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Tamil Tiger rebels today claimed killing four elite police commandos in the east of Sri Lanka, while the military blamed the rebels for killing two security personnel in an attack elsewhere.
- Disarm Karuna Group: U.N. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 10, 2007)
The United Nations on Thursday called upon Sri Lanka to disarm the Karuna faction operating in the east to ensure safety and security for aid workers and residents.
- Indian Firm To Market Cancer Drug In Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Abraxis BioScience Inc, a US biopharmaceutical company, announced on Thursday a licensing agreement with Biocon Limited, India’s biotechnology company, for commercialisation of Abraxane (paclitaxel albumin-bound particles for injectable . . . . . .
- Defence Ties With Mongolia Expanded (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Aug 10, 2007)
India is quietly expanding its defence and security links with Mongolia in a bid to monitor China’s space and military activities in the region.
- Pugwash Initiative On Kashmir (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 09, 2007)
Colonel V. Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri sector of North Kashmir on July 31.
- Karuna Group Must Be Disarmed: Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 09, 2007)
The Army has officially informed the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) that the Karuna group has to be “disarmed” for restoration of normalcy in the east.
- Colombo Conference: Initiatives On Kashmir Peace (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 09, 2007)
The Government’s unwillingness to assert that there can be no troop reduction in J&K unless Pakistan’s terror infrastructure is dismantled, gives the impression that New Delhi can be persuaded to move ahead with redeployments.
- Uk Asians Stick To Their Own (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
British Asians seem to be an insular lot. This is what a survey conducted by ICM Research for BBC’s Asian network indicates.
- Asians More Likely To Marry Within Own Race: Uk Survey (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Five times as many Asians as whites would marry only someone of their own race, a survey in Britain indicated on Monday.
- Redeploy, Don't Pull Out Troops (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 09, 2007)
Colonel V Vasant and his radio operator Lance-Naik Ganapat Shashikant were gunned down while thwarting terrorists attempting to infiltrate across the Line of Control in the Uri Sector of Jammu & Kashmir on July 31.
- Five Killed In Lanka Amid Un Envoy's Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
At least five people were killed in clashes across Sri Lanka's embattled north-east region coinciding with the visit of a top UN official.
- Report On Rights Abuses Tendentious, Says Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 08, 2007)
Sri Lanka on Tuesday said there was no justification for the demand for a special U.N. Observer Mission on Human Rights.
- India's Quiet Sea Power (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Aug 08, 2007)
India's new listening post in Madagascar has reportedly begun operations. Under construction for more than a year, the monitoring station will provide India with electronic eyes and ears in the southwestern Indian Ocean.
- Postal Financial Services Are Developing At A Rapid Rate (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
As the radio or television did not signal the death of newspapers, the Internet and online communication will not ring the death-knell for postal services.
- Scientists Sidelined In Deal-Making (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 08, 2007)
Commentaries squeezing the last ounce of significance of the India-US agreement on full civil nuclear cooperation will be reverberating over the next few weeks in the print and electronic media.
- Tamil Party In Lanka To Continue Its Support (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 08, 2007)
The Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC), a party representing plantation Tamils of Indian origin in Sri Lanka, which pulled out of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) last week, now says it has not withdrawn support to the government. . .
- Uk Asians Stick To Their Own (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
British Asians seem to be an insular lot. This is what a survey conducted by ICM Research for BBC’s Asian network indicates.
- Sensitive Items’ Import Up 11.6 Pc In April-June (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Driven by a sharp rise in the import of edible oils, the country's import of sensitive items, a reference to goods that can affect food security, farmers or domestic business interests, increased by 11.6 per cent in the first quarter. . .
- Uk Asians Stick To Their Own (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
British Asians seem to be an insular lot. This is what a survey conducted by ICM Research for BBC’s Asian network indicates.
- Asians More Likely To Marry Within Own Race: Uk Survey (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Five times as many Asians as whites would marry only someone of their own race, a survey in Britain indicated on Monday.
- The Discarded Accord And The Unwanted War (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Aug 07, 2007)
The reason why the India-Sri Lanka Agreement did not deliver fully wassimple: political expediency tookover in both countries.
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