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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 23072:
- Rumsfeld: Leaving Iraq Like Giving Nazis Germany (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Leaving Iraq now would be the same as handing postwar Germany back to the Nazis, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a column published on Sunday, as retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton called Rumsfeld incompetent and urged him to resign.
- Handle With Care (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 20, 2006)
Tarapore roadmap valid even today
- Cis Indologists To Coordinate (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 20, 2006)
Meeting for the first time since the break-up of the Soviet Union, indologists from the former Soviet States have decided to set up a coordinating council in studying the modern day India.
- Pakistani Muslim Emerges As Britain's King Of The Ring (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
The young Asian women, with diamond studs in their noses and bindis on their foreheads, stood by the boxing ring of the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, their cellphone cameras at the ready.
- Air Safety: Why Responsibility Must Be The Buzzword (Deccan Herald, B K PANDEY, Mar 20, 2006)
The civil aviation industry would do well to set its house in order and be in a position to ensure high levels of passenger safety
- Eta Now Ready To Give Up The Gun (Hindu, Alfonso Daniels, Mar 20, 2006)
Hopes are rising for an end to four decades of guerrilla war, but Basque militants still want a separate state.
- A New Twist To The Growth Debate (Hindu, N. Ravi, Mar 20, 2006)
It is ironic that the economy should have entered a new, higher growth phase when reforms in the conventional sense appear to be in the pause mode. Can the economy coast along with a reform-less growth?
- Kuvempu Was A Modern Wonder’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
The hunger for equality, spiritualism and modernity was active and alive in Kuvempu, litterateur Dr U R Ananthamurthy said. He was speaking after releasing the book ‘Kuvempu: Punaralokana’ by litterateur Dr G S Shivarudrappa in Bangalore on Sunday.
- The New Cec’S Task (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 20, 2006)
The appointment of a Chief Election Commissioner has not drawn very positive reactions from the two mainstream parties, the PML-N and PPP. While the former regretted that the opposition had not been consulted in the choice of the CEC, the latter . . .
- Iraq, 3 Years Later: Dispute On Definition (International Herald Tribune, DAVID E. SANGER, Mar 20, 2006)
On the third anniversary of a war that they once expected to be over by now, President Bush and senior officials argued Sunday that their strategy was working despite escalating violence in Iraq, even as a former Iraqi prime minister once . . .
- Afghans Rebel Against Us (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 20, 2006)
Qari Baba, a former Governor of Ghazni Province of Afghanistan was killed along with his four companions in an ambush on Saturday.
- Pakistan In A Spot (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 20, 2006)
Pakistan’s dilemma is whether it can defy America and stay out of the anti-Iran campaign
- ‘Ban Diclofenac, Save The Vulture’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Mar 20, 2006)
Three-time Green Oscar winner and internationally-acclaimed environment and wildlife film-maker Mike Pandey has been crusading for vultures — which are hurtling towards extinction
- A Riot Of Laughter (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2006)
Chakyarkoothu, a form of comic theatre of Kerala, though as entertaining remains a poor cousin of Kathakali, says Naveen Namboodiri
- Seeking Sabah And Sarawak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2006)
B V Prakash writes about an interesting feature of the Deer Cave in Sarawak: the silhouette of a natural rock formation across the passage which looks exactly like the profile of Abraham Lincoln!
- Land Of Mystic Splendour (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2006)
The Khang chen dzonga seems to reach the heavens, in the first rays of sunlight it is golden white, standing majestically. The other mountains appear dead in comparison, says B V Prathyusha after her trip to Sikkim.
- A Spiritual Caravan (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Mar 19, 2006)
Interspersed with scholarly descriptions and heavily researched, the translation of this book allows a wider audience to enrich their lives.
- Nothing Beats Experience (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, Mar 19, 2006)
Sometimes from within the murky bureaucratic setup, a lone voice of integrity may be heard.
- Revisiting Thurber (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Mar 19, 2006)
Janardhan Roye, visited the Thurber House on a recent trip to the US. Thurber was one of the world’s most celebrated authors as well as a cartoonist.
- More Art Than Craft, This (Deccan Herald, N Pankaja, Mar 19, 2006)
The translators of the book have gone beyond the orthodox tradition of translation to create poetry in their own right.
- For Now, Rahul Should Stay In The Gurukul (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 18, 2006)
As a hack who likes to believe I have my ear to the ground, I have spent the past few weeks wondering if we are finally witnessing the long-awaited launch of Rahul Gandhi. There have been many false alarms so we need to be careful when predicting . . .
- You’Re Burning Calories Right Now (Deccan Herald, Janet Cromley, Mar 18, 2006)
The point to keep in mind about calorie estimates is that they’re useful for comparing activities....
- Metro All Set Now To Bring Dwarka Closer To Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
After the recent opening of the brand new 6 km flyover that has provided them direct access to National Highway No. 8, residents of Dwarka and nearby areas who over the years have yearned for a proper and fast mode of transport to the heart of . . .
- Bjp Yatras: Now, Krishna Is The Moving Force (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
When the BJP undertakes a major mission, it is just natural that the party invokes Gods. Therefore, it is only appropriate that leader of the opposition L K Advani and BJP president Rajnath Singh embark on their twin national integration yatras . . .
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Mar 18, 2006)
The cold war chill is history. A clear indication in this regard was visible during the just-concluded visit of American President George W Bush to India when the two countries clinched the civil nuclear deal.
- Jaya Bachchan Disqualified (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
With retrospective effect from July 14, 2004
Ms. Bachchan is likely to challenge the decision
Action taken on basis of complaint filed by Congressman Madan Mohan
Second case of disqualification
- Decoding The Smoke Signals From A Bush Fire (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 18, 2006)
It is generally recognised that the US will be the sole superpower in what is heading to be a unipolar international system. But will the rest of the world accept this position, wonders the book The Second Bush Presidency: Global Perspectives. For, there
- ``Russia Can Help In Pipeline Project'' (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 18, 2006)
We'll consider suggestions: Fradkov
Enhanced civilian nuclear cooperation figures in talks
No separate accord for Tarapur supply: officials
Study group set up for economic cooperation
$10 billion trade target for next five years
- Capping India’S Crown Jewels (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday that the federal cabinet would be reshuffled in a week.
“There will be some new faces in the cabinet,” the prime minister said at a press conference after launching the Rs 5 billion Khushhal Pakistan Fund (KP
- Revisiting The Centre-State Divide (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Mar 18, 2006)
The recent India Today Conclave focused on the theme of India tomorrow:
- The Surajkund Fair (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
EVERY year, from February 1 to 15, a unique cultural festival takes place at Surajkund in Haryana, 8 km from South Delhi, showcasing some of the finest handloom and handicraft traditions of the country in the cultural milieu in which these . . .
- Yatra Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 18, 2006)
The socio-political context of the blasts and the BJP Yatras in their wake pose major challenges to the UPA.
- Wheat Imports (Statesman, Vandana Shiva, Mar 18, 2006)
Will India Turn To Ship-To-Mouth Existence?
- Indo-Us Nuke Deal Would Unravel Npt: Kasuri (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Unhappy over the US refusal to enter into a nuclear deal with it, Pakistan has warned that the Indo-US nuclear accord would lead to the collapse of international agreements aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
- Wal-Mart International Ceo Upbeat On India (Reuters, Emily Kaiser, Mar 18, 2006)
A top Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive said on Friday he was encouraged by talks with unnamed "very senior" Indian government officials here as the world's biggest retailer lobbies to gain access to one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
- Police Say Kill Four Militants In Gujarat (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Police shot dead four suspected Islamist militants in Gujarat on Friday and said the men were planning to attack religious sites in the communally sensitive region.
- Pakistan Sounds A Note Of Warning (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 18, 2006)
A "package approach" for two countries would have been better: Pakistan
- Trial By Media Is Rough But Useful (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 18, 2006)
THE HEAT is off the United Kingdom's Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, following her separation from her husband in the wake of revelations about her family's financial . . .
- Industry Hopeful Of Uniform Tax, Better Infrastructure (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Mar 18, 2006)
Finance Minister B S Yediyurappa, all through the run-up to his maiden budget presentation on March 20, has maintained that the budget would be pro-people, with a focus on agriculture and infrastructure.
- Tricks Of Memory (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 18, 2006)
Some people have a good memory; others are forgetful. I know of quite a few who make their living by having good memories...
- A Counter-Culture (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Mar 18, 2006)
Students who protest for a cause suggests that their thought process has been stimulated by pedagogy..
- No Re-Negotiation, Says Burns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
"Pact will not enhance New Delhi's nuclear weapons programme"
- Tdp Seeks Release Of Scholarship Amount (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Don't hike fee for students of private engineering colleges, says CPI(M)
Government has no role in fee hike, says Higher Education Minister P. Koteswara Rao
TRS member call for review of out-of-turn promotions to police involved in anti-naxal operatio
- Killing Of Intellectuals In Iraq (Dawn, Asma Rashid, Mar 18, 2006)
Ali Hussein al-Khafaj, dean of the engineering college at Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, was kidnapped on March 7. Before him, Dr Ali Abdul Razaq al-Naas, a Shia political analyst at Baghdad University’s school of information and an outspoken crit
- Us Must Accord Pakistan Nuclear Deal Like India: Kasuri (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Warns US refusal pushing Islamabad towards ‘other options’
Hints Pakistan moving towards China to counter Indian hegemony
- Iraq Transition To Stable Government Two Years Away (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Mar 18, 2006)
The transition to a stable government in Iraq could take as long as two years, according to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. CNN reports that Ms. Rice made the comments after she spoke to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer in Sydney.
- 'Advani Will Never Regain Confidence Of Hindus' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Accusing BJP leader LK Advani of betraying Hindus when he was in power, the VHP on Friday said he would never regain the confidence of the people for the "betrayal."
- A Soft Budget (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 18, 2006)
Haryana farmer is the gainer
- Spectre Of Split (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 18, 2006)
With hardly a month for the state to go to polls, CPM in Kerala is facing rebellion within the party. Supporters of V S Achuthanandan, the party's mascot of mass politics in the state and leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly, have taken to . . .
- Numbers Game (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Mar 18, 2006)
Osho believed that humans produced two types of sound — one in the form of words, the other in the form of wind. He said that these were simply noises produced by the body. I had thought otherwise and agreed with Huxley: “words have enabled us to rise abo
- Harvest Of Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 18, 2006)
For Hindu fundamentalist politicians and their Islamist doppelgangers, the jehad has offered an opportunity to make political gains from violence.
- Seige Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2006)
The Israeli action could be directed at winning the polls
- Will Transfers Really Check Corruption? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Mar 17, 2006)
Once the shock and awe at five Bangalore policemen being worth Rs 60 crore subsides, a larger question that stares at us is: if liberalisation was to spell finis to corruption, why .....
- There Will Be More Wahida Prizms And Munafs (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
Today, a new class of enlightened and liberal Muslims is emerging and the stereotype is fading out
- The Flip Side Of Culture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 17, 2006)
Ever thought of culture as a consumer issue? I didn’t either, till I saw this report from a health activist circulated on a listserve in the wake of the recent bird flu scare.
- End Of Communism (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Mar 17, 2006)
On the morning of February 25, 1956, a short, bald, thick-set man rose to address an unscheduled meeting of high-ranking members of the Soviet communist party in Moscow.
- Good Sense Prevails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2006)
No religion teaches killings
- Death Of Milosevic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 17, 2006)
Man who won’t understand ethnic aspirations
- Rs 25 Lakh Fund For Mlas Withdrawn (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today withdrew the provision of Rs 25 lakh made in the state Budget for each MLA for the development of critical infrastructure in his or her constituency on the pattern of Member of . . .
- Hindu Leaders Meet Kalam, Patil (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Seek CBI probe into Varanasi blasts
- Train Of Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 17, 2006)
Anarchists love the trappings of an ideology, even if it is an outdated one. The so-called Maoist rebellion in parts of India is a case in point.
- Nuclear Deal Enters Us Congress Test (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 17, 2006)
Landmark legislation to see through the Indo-US nuclear deal and to change a discriminatory global non-proliferation regime for the first time in almost four decades was introduced in the US Congress today.
- New Voices (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Varanasi, after the blasts, is becoming the city for a new kind of hope for India. For sectarian terror not to destroy unstoppably the very fabric of a diverse society, two things must happen simultaneously.
- Delhi Students, Teachers Caught In Covert India-France Visa War (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Mar 17, 2006)
Applications handled "casually"; students, teachers from Delhi put to hardship
Visa was valid only for France whereas the group required Schengen visa for transit through Germany
Germans come to help
- 'Us Faces Historic Opportunity With India' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has hailed the introduction of legislation in the US Congress.
- India’S Talks With Iran, Pak End Without Pipeline Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Talks between India, Iran and Pakistan on building a new gas pipeline ended today without any agreement and a new round of negotiations is scheduled for late April.
- Fuelling The Deal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 17, 2006)
There should be no misunderstanding about this: the Russian decision to supply uranium to fuel the Tarapur reactors is not an attempt to buck the US-led process of providing India a place in the world nuclear order — it is part of the same process.
- Pakistan Warns Against U.S.-India Nuclear Deal - Ft (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Pakistan has said a civilian nuclear energy deal between its arch rival India and the United States would wreck international agreements to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
- Geelani Invited To Attend Seminar In Pakistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
Chairman of hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been invited for a four-day seminar on Kashmir organised by World Social Forum in Pakistani Port city of Karachi.
- India Should Follow 'Proper Sequencing' On Nuke Accords: Us (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 17, 2006)
Maintaining its opposition to Russia's decision to supply uranium for the Tarapur atomic power plant, the Bush administration has said the "proper way" was to wait for the US to change its laws to facilitate implementation of the historic . . .
- History And Legend (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 17, 2006)
Every place on earth blends reality and imagination, history and legend.
- Parliamentary Privilege (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Mar 17, 2006)
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s spat with the Supreme Court has acquired ominous overtones. A barrister of long standing, he fired his first salvo at the Court for “overstepping” its limits when it overthrew the action of the Governor of . . .
- The New Deal (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 17, 2006)
The nuclear agreement with the United States has many commendable features, but the problem is that the Bush administration does not like to see it as a standalone deal.
- The Bear Hug (Frontline, John Hepburn, Mar 17, 2006)
The visit of George Bush was marked by huge protest rallies against him and his administration's hegemonic designs.
- A Working Paper On Kashmir (Frontline, A.J. Philip, Mar 17, 2006)
A prior India-Pakistan accord must provide a basis for a dialogue with Kashmiris.
A prior India-Pakistan accord must provide a basis for a dialogue with Kashmiris.
- `History Is The Short Trudge From Adam To Atom' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 17, 2006)
Atoms `have stories to tell that span billions of years, linking us with the entire cosmos'
The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.'
- Nab’S Utility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 17, 2006)
Anmma leader’s demand that the National Accountability Bureau be abolished does not seem wide off the mark against the background of NAB’s record. Reacting to the bureau’s decision to stop the inquiry into the sugar crisis, Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad
- Full Employment Ahead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 17, 2006)
obs for all, not by sarkari programmes that spend six rupees to deliver one rupee to the target beneficiary, but through economic growth.
- Russians Informed Bush Of Their India Plans In February (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 17, 2006)
Russians had informed Bush in February about the nuclear fuel supply to India for “safety reasons” to keep him informed before he landed in Delhi and did not get a shock from learning it from the Indian Government to react in any adverse manner, . . .
- Reforms, Bose Need To Initiate (Daily Excelsior, Dr R R Dubey, Mar 17, 2006)
&K Board of School Education is an important institute of the State. It is headed by the Chairman at State level. However, for the entire functioning of Divisional level offices, the Secretary Board of School Education along with abundant . . .
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