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Articles 3621 through 3720 of 23072:
- What Hizbollah And Israel Achieved (News International, Ahmed Quraishi, Aug 13, 2006)
The heart of the Lebanese capital, which was artfully rebuilt by the assassinated prime minister Rafic Hariri from the ashes of the Lebanese civil war, wears a deserted look these days.
- Delhi Gets Ground-Air Shield (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
A larger number of helicopters clattering above will team up with snipers perched on rooftops in an unprecedented aerial security blanket thrown over the Red Fort when the Prime Minister delivers his customary Independence Day address.
- Refusal To Say Goodbye (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 13, 2006)
An actor is often judged on the way he says his exit lines. What is true for the stage is true for life also.
- Name The Reader (Telegraph, Orhan Pamuk, Aug 13, 2006)
“Who do you write for?” For the last 30 years — since I first became a writer — this is the question I’ve heard most often from both readers and journalists.
- Al Qaeda Again Draws Pakistan Into World Attention On Terror (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Al Qaeda’s ability to continue to draw international Jihadis to Pakistan, thus creating a sort of nexus, has once again put the country under the spotlight.
- Time To Step Into The Backyard Of Terror (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 13, 2006)
There is something about the threat of terrorist violence that brings almost an instantaneous change of climate.
- Terror Plot: Suspects Being Grilled, Jet Suspends Employee (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
British anti-terror police today grilled 22 people, 17 of them with family ties in Pakistan, arrested for a plot to blow up US-bound jets using liquid explosives, even as Indian carrier Jet Airways suspended its employee Amin Asmin . . .
- Indian Capital On Alert Ahead Of Independence Day (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Police in India's capital said they had stepped up security on information that political leaders, monuments and vital infrastructure were at risk of terrorist attacks ahead of Independence Day next week.
- Terror Plot Was Well Planned: Bush (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush said today that a scheme to blow up several flights between Britain and the USA was carefully planned, well-advanced and had the potential to cause “death on a massive scale”.
- Rs 450 Cr For Water In Mewat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The Haryana Government is implementing a Rs 450-crore Rainywell Project in Mewat which will ensure per capita availability of 45 litres water to every village of the district by 2008.
- Plurality Of Vision (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Aug 13, 2006)
Said's book is a critique of European historiography and a tribute to Freud.
- Fbi Hunt On For Terror Connections (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Aug 13, 2006)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into possible connections between the men arrested in London and people in the U.S.
- Setting The Backwaters On Fire (Hindu, VIJAY GEORGE , Aug 13, 2006)
What soccer is to Brazilians, the Vallamkali is to those who live near the backwaters of Kerala.
- Nsg Commandos To Strengthen Security Around Red Fort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Quick reaction teams to be deployed at strategic points to foil anyattack
Public to be put through series of checking
Vigil has been increased within the high security New Delhi zone
Checking of luggage intensified in railway stations
- Aviation Industry Bracing Up For Difficult Times (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Airlines operating to U.K. and U.S. to feel impact, though marginal
All civilian aircraft operating in Indian skies to come under IAF scanner
Delhi airspace to be closed on August 15
- Travel Corporation Bags State Tourism Awards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Hotels run by KTDC won awards in the one and two star category
Best Performing District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) Award went to Kannur
Judging committee comprised Tourism Principal Secretary, Director of Tourism and representatives of Planning
- When Terrorism Is A 'No-Go Area' (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 13, 2006)
The British government foiled the Al Queda plan to blow up 10 US bound flights in mid-air.
- The More Things Change... (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 13, 2006)
The Congress’s chargesheet against the NDA has returned to haunt the party.
- Metal Fuel (Daily Excelsior, Dr. S.S. Verma , Aug 13, 2006)
Cheap and constant availability of fuel is a major concern of present day civilization.
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 13, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist leader . . .
- The Valley In Between (New Indian Express, Kamini Mathai, Aug 13, 2006)
Sometimes I feel sorry for Vellore, the town I grew up in.
- Warning On Terror Attacks In India 'Hypothetical': Us (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The US on Saturday said an advisory issued to American citizens in India about terror attacks in New Delhi and Mumbai around Independence Day possibly by members of al-Qaeda was only in "hypothetical terms" and that it has no plans to issue . . .
- The Pm And The O (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Aug 13, 2006)
Congressmen treat India’s Prime Minister as if they were dealing with Dr Manmohan Singh.
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 13, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India .
- Economists Worry About High Inflation (Business Standard, Tamal Bandyopadhyay , Aug 13, 2006)
The growth rate of money supply in the Indian financial system has hit a 12-year high of 19.5 per cent. Economists and financial analysts do not rule out a tightening of the monetary policy and a rise in interest rates as the spectre . . .
- Pok Quake Money Used By Let To Fund Britain Plot (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Islamic charity body remitted amount to 3 men ---- Investigators probing the plot to blow up several aircraft from Britain to US suspected involvement four Islamic militant groups including Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Sunni extremist . . .
- Israel Copters Airlift Hundreds Of Troops Into Hezbollah Heartland (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
Israeli helicopters airlifted hundreds of troops into the Hezbollah heartland and warplanes launched wide-ranging airstrikes on Saturday as officials raced to enforce a UN ceasefire and end fierce fighting still raging across southern Lebanon.
- Unbroken Spirits Fill Highways Of Death (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 13, 2006)
Lebanon is a country that has clearly not lost its spirit, but is worried, unhappy, and, as no one hesitates to tell you, "very very angry".
- Un Resolution On Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
QATAR’s foreign minister is right when he says that Resolution 1701, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Friday, contains “imbalances in favour of Israel”, but to expect anything else would be unrealistic.
- Higher Security May Drive Up Air Travel Costs (Business Line, Ashwini Phadnis, Aug 13, 2006)
The heightened state of security at airports around the world following the detection of the plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight between the UK and the US earlier this week is likely to push up travel costs in the coming months.
- What Is Left Unsaid (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Aug 13, 2006)
It is not easy to give the full flavour of the speech that the chairman of a large company gave at his annual meeting with shareholders last month, but let me give it a shot.
- Thousands Protest Lebanon War Outside White House (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Thousands of people demonstrated outside the White House to protest Israel's US-backed military operations in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
- Skipping Security Line (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
Aviation officials claim that airport security waits on Thursday weren’t much longer than normal.
- It's Between The Two Pms (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Aug 13, 2006)
Apart from both being 'PM,' one by virtue of his initials, the other due to the political office he occupies, General Pervez Musharraf and Mr Manmohan Singh share a common dilemma. It is this shared dilemma that leads one to routinely . . .
- Concern In Cong Over Us Deal (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Aug 13, 2006)
Few in the Congress may be seen standing by former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh during his troubles in the Iraq oil scam, but many senior party leaders share his concern about Manmohan Singh Government's handling of the Indo-US nuclear . . .
- Jammu: Surrendered Militants Rounded Up, Told To Leave (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
As part of its beefed-up security measures on Independence Day eve, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have for the first time asked surrendered militants to immediately leave Jammu for the next few days.
- An Elusive Peace (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 12, 2006)
It is unbelievable that Israel would launch such a massive ground and air onslaught only to secure the release of the two soldiers Hizbollah captured on July 12.
- Bank Freezes Suspects’ Assets (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 12, 2006)
Nineteen of 24 British Muslims who are in police custody, accused of plotting to blow up 10 aircraft on the UK-US route with liquid explosives, had their assets frozen today, presumably to stop them from giving money to co-conspirators who may not . . .
- Israel Gives Orders For Wider War: 15 Killed In Airstrikes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Strikes by Israeli warplanes across Lebanon on Friday killed 15 civilians, including 11 in an attack on a key bridge.
- Rebels Say Break Sri Lanka Army's Northern Defences (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said on Saturday they had broken through army defences in the island's far north and were advancing on the government-held Jaffna peninsula, in the fiercest fighting since a 2002 truce.
- U.K.'S Response To Terrorism Makes Things Worse (Hindu, Dan Plesch, Aug 12, 2006)
What is needed now is an effective counter-terrorism strategy.
- India, Pakistan Need To Move Ahead (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 12, 2006)
The two neighbours have too much at stake to allow the peace process to drift further.
- Ncp To Go It Alone In Uttaranchal: Tripathi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Nationalist Congress Party will prefer to go alone in the forthcoming Assembly polls in Uttaranchal, party national general secretary D P Tripathy said here on Friday.
- Six People Killed In Iran Helicopter Crash » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Six people were killed when a cargo helicopter crashed in northern Iran early on Friday, state-run television reported.
- In Kasauli, Civilians Face Wrath Of Army (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Souring relations between Armymen and civilians in the last six months has polluted the pristine and peaceful environs of Kasauli, a Himachal hill station.
- Sc: Any Govt Policy On Terror Compensation? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Does the Centre have a compensation policy for victims of bomb blasts? This question by the Supreme Court to the Centre on Friday reflected a marked change in the situation prevailing in the country.
- No Room For Xenophobia In Hindu Philosophy (Times of India, ASHOK VOHRA, Aug 12, 2006)
Is there a philosophical justification in the tradition followed by some Hindu temples of banning the entry of women and those belonging to religions other than Hinduism?
- Ultras Were In Final Stage To Bomb Planes (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Terrorists had planned to blow up 10 US-bound planes by mixing a British sports drink with a gel-like substance and were hoping to stage a practice run followed by actual attacks "within days", security officials said today.
- The More Things Change... (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 12, 2006)
The Congress’s chargesheet against the NDA has returned to haunt the party.
- Time To Step Into The Backyard Of Terror (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 12, 2006)
There is something about the threat of terrorist violence that brings almost an instantaneous change of climate.
- Terror Trail (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 12, 2006)
For obvious reasons we in this State ought to know each and every facet of terrorism.
- If Only We Could Ban All Our Problems. Specially In Kerala (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Why don’t they ban toddy instead? That opaque white country liquor, served in used beer bottles, which inundates Kerala’s innards. Making it float up, right to the top, of the chart that measures alcoholism in our states.
- Dysfunctional Democracy (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 12, 2006)
India gets its nuclear deal with the United States through Congress. Pakistan is hamstrung by conditions imposed on its purchase of F-16s (such as a commitment on not to transfer technology) on the one hand, and by reservations and opposition . . .
- The Coming Tsunami Of Trash (Deccan Herald, Niall Ferguson, Aug 12, 2006)
With plastic, a new kind of pollutant entered the sea; one that has taken more than a century to degrade.
- U.S. Warns Of Terror Attacks In India (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 12, 2006)
Foreign terrorists, including those from the Al-Qaeda, allegedly planning to target Delhi, Mumbai
- Evidence Mounts Of Pakistan Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 12, 2006)
Many held in U.K. for bomb plot travelled to Pakistan
- Rights Of Children (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 12, 2006)
One of the most painful facts of life with regard to young people is the presence of children in the country's prisons.
- Indifferent To Heritage (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
Driving along the Siraj Covered Bazaar, aka Siraj Covered Market, Islamabad's first residential area market where virtually everything could be found under one roof, just two days ago, I was met by a most unsettling and worrisome . . .
- Shujaat, Mushahid Re-Elected Unopposed (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Aug 12, 2006)
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Mushahid Hussain Sayed have been re-elected unopposed as President and Secretary General of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML).
- Tourism Industry Hit By Rains, Floods (News International, Javed Aziz Khan, Aug 12, 2006)
With destroying the whole infrastructure in the five districts of the NWFP, the October 8 earthquake along with the recent torrential rains and floods wrecked the most picturesque areas of the province, resulting into a severe setback to the . . .
- Implications Of The F-16 Deal (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 12, 2006)
As was to be expected, the Pakistan Foreign Office welcomed on August 3 the approval by the US Congress of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and rejected the impression that unprecedented conditions had been accepted by Islamabad to acquire them.
- Some Food For Thought For World Jurists (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2006)
A galaxy of chief justices, judges and jurists from all over the world have gathered in the Federal Capital at the invitation of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to share their views on the theme of the judicial . . .
- Sonia, Pm, Us: Natwar Rages Against The Dying Of His Cong Light (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 12, 2006)
‘Not a leaf moves in the Congress without Sonia Gandhi’s approval and knowledge,’ declared former external affairs minister and suspended Congress veteran Natwar Singh today, insisting that he had kept the Congress chief informed of all that . . .
- Security Stepped Up At All Airports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Carrying of liquids, gels, sprays and pastes by air travellers has been banned
- Rs. 200 Crores More Central Aid To State For Flood Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Manmohan 's announcement after `seeing the extensive damage'
- Two Washed Away In Floodwaters In Gulbarga, Bagalkot Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Flood situation grim along the Krishna and the Bhima; thousands of people shifted
- Pakistan Had A Big Role In Uncovering Plot (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 12, 2006)
Its arrests of suspected terrorists played crucial role in uncovering plot
- India Bans Liquids, Gels At Airports (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
According to the new guidelines, all liquids/gels are barred, but one handbag is allowed per passenger. Women have been given concession as they can carry their purse/vanity bag besides a handbag. Mobile phones can be carried in hand.
- The Pakistani Hand In Terror? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
I think at this stage it is unfair to accuse President Musharraf’s government of having a hand in the ghastly killings of innocent commuters in Mumbai’s trains and suspend peace talks with it.
- Key Figure Among 24 Arrested In Pakistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Pakistan said on Friday it had arrested 24 people, including an al-Qaeda operative with links in Afghanistan, in connection with the alleged UK terror plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners.
- Terrorism Is Certainly On The Rise (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2006)
AS per the version made available by the British authorities, a tragedy of great magnitude has been averted. According to the British police they had foiled a plot to blow up flights to . . .
- Airport Security Strengthened (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Centre on Friday put in place strict security measures at all airports across the country in the wake of a worldwide alert as Britain foiled a terror plot to bomb passenger jets mid-air.
- Thousands Witness Car Festival At Sevvapet Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Thousands of devotees witnessed car festival of Sevvapet Sri Mariamman Temple here on Friday to mark `Adi Peruvizha'.
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 12, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist . . .
- Britain Identifies 19 Of 24 In Mass Murder Plot (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
'Key person' among 7 more arrested in Pakistan ---- British officials on Friday identified 19 of the suspects accused of planning to blow up US-bound aircraft in the biggest terrorist plot to be uncovered since 9/11.
- Nasrallah New Arab World Hero (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 12, 2006)
"Nasser in 1956, Nasrallah in 2006" — the Arab street has found a new hero, a figure that it has been looking for to act as a catalyst to unite the Arab world and infuse it with an agenda and a common mission. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the . . .
- It's Between The Two Pms (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Aug 12, 2006)
Apart from both being 'PM,' one by virtue of his initials, the other due to the political office he occupies, General Pervez Musharraf and Mr Manmohan Singh share a common dilemma.
- Retail Therapy On Tap (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 12, 2006)
Consumerism is a term that arouses as much opprobrium as terrorism in economies that have a congenital problem of plenty.
- Mumbai, Rude? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
Dressed in crisp black-coats, they stood on the kerb, about 60 of them. Men and women staff of Marine Plaza, stood in silent reverence in front of the glass-tinted hotel, facing Mumbai's famed Marine Drive.
- India Terror Alert Not Based On Definitive Info (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The US alert on the possibility of terror strikes in India, possibly including by al-Qaeda members in the run-up to its Independence Day Aug 15, was a general warning rather than one based on 'definitive information'.
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