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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 27031:
- Corruption And Development~ii (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Apr 11, 2006)
In his work “Grand Corruption in Third World Development”, George Moody-Stuart, identified areas which are most vulnerable to corruption.
- Bush Dismisses Iran Reports As 'Wild Speculation' (Reuters, Matt Spetalnick, Apr 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Monday that force is not necessarily required to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions and dismissed reports of plans for military strikes on Iran as "wild speculation."
- 'Saddam's Legal Team Denied Rights' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's lawyers are denied the same rights and resources as the prosecutors in his trial, a US-based legal adviser to the deposed Iraqi leader said on Sunday.
- Taliban Return To Afghanistan Not Ruled Out (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Apr 11, 2006)
A strident propaganda is going on in Pakistan implicating India and Afghanistan in the on going insurgency in Baluchistan and its Army’s failures in the two tribal agencies in Waziristan.
- Who Goofs Up? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 11, 2006)
On the flip side perhaps the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States can't be faulted.
- 50 Charred To Death, Over 100 Injured In Fire At Trade Fair (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
At least 50 people were charred to death and more than 100 injured, some of them seriously, in a devastating fire that ravaged a consumer goods fair here this evening.
- Fire Kills Over 100 At Indian Trade Fair (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
150 injured, death toll expected to rise
* Compensation of $4,500 for families of victims
- Be More Proactive In Afghanisatan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Rajendra Nath, Apr 11, 2006)
The present democratic government in Afghanistan, established under US control and led by President Hamid Karzai, is resented by Pakistan. Pakistan wants Afghanistan under its control or under its influence, as it can provide Pakistan strategic depth.
- Beard Costs Pak Military Officers Job (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Apr 11, 2006)
Five senior officers of the Pakistan air force (PAF) have been dismissed for sporting Taliban-style beards in defiance of the government’s orders to trim it, Opposition MP Liaqat Baloch said in the National Assembly today.
- Us Arms Industry Gung-Ho About Market In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
US companies are rushing to step up sales of fighter jets and other weapons to India even as the Bush administration struggles to convince Congress to back a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with India.
- Big Brother Born Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 11, 2006)
THE Constitution gives the government some extraordinary powers, for a brief period at best, which come with the explicit provisio that these are to be used in the rarest of rare instances .
- Sc Stays Arrest Warrants Against M F Hussain (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a bailable arrest warrant issued against noted painter M F Hussain by an Indore court on a complaint accusing him of having outraged religious sentiments of Hindus with his controversial paintings,
- Confusing Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 11, 2006)
India appears to be pursuing an incoherent policy towards Nepal, now in the midst of political turmoil.
- America Planning Strike To Topple Iran Regime’ (Deccan Herald, Julian Borger , Apr 11, 2006)
In the New Yorker magazine, Seymour Hersh, America’s best known investigative journalist, concluded that the Bush administration is even considering the use of a tactical nuclear weapon against deep Iranian bunkers, but that top generals in the . . .
- ‘Bush Has Only Made Things Worse In Iraq’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Apr 11, 2006)
Dilip Hiro: The US stokes the fire among those who suffer...
- Bush Denies Reports Of Possible Us Attack On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his commitment to resolving the dispute with Iran over its nuclear activities peacefully and rejected reports he was preparing a bombing campaign as "wild speculation".
- Us Plays Down Talks Of Iran Strike (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
While stressing that diplomacy is the first course for dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the White House is not ruling out a military response and says ‘‘normal defense and intelligence planning’’ is under way.
- A Friend In Need (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 11, 2006)
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s second visit to New Delhi in less than a year is in keeping with the growing congruence of interests between the two South Asian countries.
- Poll Panel, State Election Machinery At The Receiving End (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Apr 11, 2006)
Monitoring enforcement of model code in the State a tough task
EC, State election machinery straining to prove impartiality in ensuring parties' compliance
Faced with complaints of violations, State election machinery conducted probes
- Madrid Bombings ‘Inspired’ By Al-Qaeda: Media Reports (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The suspected masterminds of the deadly train bombings in Madrid in 2004 belonged to a local cell ‘‘inspired’’ by Al-qaeda acting to force Spain to withdraw troops from Iraq, according to the judge investigating the attacks, a media report said today.
- Standoff Likely On Sea Passage (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 11, 2006)
LTTE firm on use of Sea Tigers
- Nepal Beyond The Monarchy (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 11, 2006)
After years of upheaval, Nepal is on the brink of a major political change. What will a country of citizens — and not subjects — look like? Three books provide some answers
- Prophet Of Peace (Hindu, Syed Ali Hashmi, Apr 11, 2006)
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) was born in the year 571 A.D. on the 12th of Rabi-al-awwal (April 11 this year), the third month of the lunar calendar.
- A Different Historical Trajectory (Hindu, R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI, Apr 11, 2006)
This concluding part of the review focusses on Sanjay Subrahmanyam's main contributions to a better understanding of the complex historical processes
- Pak, China May Sign Civil N-Deal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
A civil nuclear technology deal between Pakistan and China may be signed during Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf's visit to Beijing in June to counter the Indo-US nuclear agreement, the Daily Times reported on Monday.
- Protecting Islands Of Excellence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 11, 2006)
The proposal of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development to extend reservations to the other backward classes (OBCs) in Central educational institutions, including the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management,
- Kalam's Intervention Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
329 commercial properties sealed in 10 civic zones on Monday
- Equality Is A Must (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Apr 11, 2006)
Prophet Mohammed’s way of treating women was just exemplary. One would wish that Muslims followed that in spirit and content. It is said that women once complained that the Prophet had not fixed a day for meeting them in the assembly, and that . . .
- Sub Selection: Some Points (Deccan Herald, PR Franklin, Apr 11, 2006)
The Scorpene should not meet the same fate as the HDW submarine
- President's Eye Fixed On Iran (The Seattle Times, Editorial, The Seattle Times, Apr 11, 2006)
Beware an American president at bay. Haunted by tumbling poll ratings and the chaos of post-war Iraq, the eye of George Bush is fixing on Iran's nuclear plans.
- Triple Afghan Blasts Leave Soldier Dead, 16 Wounded (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Three explosions including a suicide blast killed a soldier and wounded 16 other Afghans on Sunday, officials said.
- Balochistan Liberation Army Proscribed As Terror Outfit (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The government has banned the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) by declaring it a terrorist organisation, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao and Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday.
- Perhaps Us Reads Indian Mind (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
India has rejected the US call to define its credible minimum nuclear deterrent saying that it is under no obligation to do so.
- China's Strategy, Australia's Autonomy (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Apr 10, 2006)
A long-time U.S. ally, Canberra has, through the latest uranium deal with Beijing, signalled its own set of priorities.
- In Conflict We Need An Ethical Code (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Apr 10, 2006)
The fight against jihadist terrorism carries real costs -- so it needs public legitimacy and support.
- "Cyprus Welcomes Nuclear Deal Between India And The U.S." (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 10, 2006)
Cyprus PresidentTassos Papadopoulosbelieves it is time to rekindle Nicosia's traditionally strong bonds with New Delhi. Mr. Papadopoulos, who arrives in India on Tuesday, believes Cyprus needs to focus more on Asia. Excerpts from an exclusive . . .
- ``U.S. Congress Will Ratify Deal'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Deal is simply about helping India: Sibal
Indian-American community has an exceptionally important role
Praises Rice statement in Congress on the deal
- Protectionism Not The Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 10, 2006)
China's President Hu Jintao's visit later this month to Washington takes place in the context of renewed momentum in Congress on retaliatory legislation following the U.S. trade imbalance of $202 billion with China and an overall current account . . .
- "Prime Responsibility Of Cinema Is To Entertain The Masses'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Youngsters are as nationalist as anyone else, says Kunal Kapoor in conversation with Madhur Tankha...
- Nepal Strike Now Indefinite (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Killing of activists firms up political parties' resolve
- Jayalalithaa To Campaign In Kanyakumari District Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, will campaign in Kanyakumari district on Monday. She will start from Aralvoimozi and speak at 10 points, according to the Health Minister, N. Thalavai Sundaram.
- India Emerging As A Global Leader: Drdo Director (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
One of the greatest strengths of India is its large resource of professionals: DRDO Director
- Iraq, Iran, And A Strategy Of A Thousand Errors (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Apr 10, 2006)
America has brought anarchy and indescribable misery to Iraq. Now it is eyeing Iran. Would American and world public opinion be mute spectators to another exercise in monumental folly?
- Maximum Support (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 10, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun the hard task of shifting US Congressional opinion in favour of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Israel Not To Be In Forefront Of War With Iran: Olmert (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Israel will not be in the forefront of a war to stop Tehran from developing nuclear weapons even though Iran was as much a threat to the well-being of Tel Aviv as to Europe and America, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said.
- Cooperative Common Future (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a role for both Kashmirs
- An Indian Role In Africa (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Apr 10, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic . . .
- King’S Cross (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 10, 2006)
The collapse of authority comes in many ways. King Gyanendra may still be the reigning monarch of Nepal, but he clearly has little political or moral authority.
- Money Is Cheaper Than Blood (Tribune, James P. Pinkerton, Apr 10, 2006)
Caspar Weinberger was the best secretary of Defense that America ever had. Among the 20 men who have held that post since 1947, there have been some other greats, too. And there have been some big . . .
- Us Recognises India’S Concerns’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 10, 2006)
In an informal chat with reporters here on Saturday, Mr Sibal said he had sought to explain this to everyone he met during his visit to the US, including Congressmen, Senators, administration officials and members of the scientific community.
- Pakistan And Siachen Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Apr 10, 2006)
Even as India and Pakistan work out a demilitarisation agreement on Siachen to facilitate a prime ministerial visit to Pakistan later this year, foreign office and defence mandarins have drawn their red lines:
- Politics As Spectacle (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 10, 2006)
What should one make out of these pictures: former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani holding a bow and arrow in his hands and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh wielding . . .
- U.S. Insists Focus Is On Diplomacy Against Iran (Reuters, Matt Spetalnick, Apr 10, 2006)
The Bush administration insisted on Sunday its priority was to seek a diplomatic solution to the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions, amid reports of stepped-up planning for possible U.S. air strikes.
- Left To Review Govt Support After Polls (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 10, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Friday said it would review its support for the government after state elections are out of the way next month.
- Tight Security For Final Ballot In Assam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Security personnel carrying automatic weapons guarded polling centres across Assam on Monday as voting began for the second and final phase of elections.
- Challenge For President Musharraf And Ard (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 10, 2006)
Just as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was in the process of disclosing further alleged scandals about the PPP leader, Benazir Bhutto, leaders of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) were thinking in Lahore about . . .
- Karzai Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in India on Sunday to boost ties with New Delhi that have blossomed after the fall of the Taliban regime, in a trip a nervous Pakistan will be closely watching.
- Living In A World Of Make-Believe (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a waning sense of reality in national politics as each day passes.
- Indo-Us Deal: Not Without Amendments (News International, Nasim Zehra, Apr 10, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security
- The Glitch In The Indo-Us Deal (News International, S M H Bokhari, Apr 10, 2006)
George Bush was triumphant on signing the historic Indo-US deal first conceived in Washington in July and concluded in a hurry in New Delhi early last month.
- Democracy By Choice (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 10, 2006)
The US gives little value to popular mandate and counts monarchs and dictators as its staunch supporters
- Bush Should Come Clean On Cia Leak’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened, a leading Republican senator said on Sunday.
- Cm Under Fire Over Move To Disband Ranvir Sena Panel (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Apr 10, 2006)
The Nitish government’s decision to disband Justice Amir Das Commission probing the political links of the Ranvir Sena has generated sharp criticism from various quarters.
- Democracy And Poverty — Thailand And The Philippines (Jordan Times, GWYNNE DYER, Apr 10, 2006)
We should return to the rule of law after the election,” declared Thailand's national police chief, General Kowit Watana last Sunday, as the polls closed in a parliamentary election called three years early by embattled Prime Minister Thaksin . . .
- The Challenges In An Era Of Liberalisation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 10, 2006)
A Pay Commission is often not the culmination of difficulties, but their starting point. An unending exercise in lobbying and activist interventions by various coalition partners seems to be on the Government's agenda in the next few years.
- Capitalise On Brain Power (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Apr 10, 2006)
Concern has been expressed in some quarters over the trend of doctors leaving premier Government hospitals to join private ones.
- Waziristan Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 10, 2006)
Since the military operation started, the tribal areas have been thrown into a quagmire of violence and now “Talibanisation”.
- Kerala's Highway To Nowhere (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
K Govindan Kutty on why grandiose projects like metro have support of politicians and bureaucrats alike in Kerala
- Pak General Elections In Feb 2008: Minister (Pioneer, K J M Varma, Apr 10, 2006)
Pakistan would go to polls in February 2008 instead of next year as was earlier scheduled while the Presidential vote would take place within 30 days after the completion of the general election process, a senior Minister said.
- Hussein's Trials (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The crimes committed against the Iraqi people by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship are so numerous that there is no realistic possibility of . . .
- Democracy Now? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 10, 2006)
"The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations."
- Memorial Hopes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 10, 2006)
How soon is ‘decisive’?
- Curfew Imposed In Kathmandu; 12 Dead In Clashes In W Nepal (Pioneer, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 10, 2006)
Nepal's royal government today imposed a curfew in the capital with a warning that violators would be shot and also cut mobile phone services ahead of a massive anti-King rally by the opposition as clashes between Maoists and security forces . . .
- Take Sting Out Of Bite (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Apr 10, 2006)
If the US has had to begin looking for remnants of Stinger surface-to-air shoulder-fired missiles it gave the Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet Army in the 1980s, there is trouble brewing within the "coalition against terror" and Pakistan is . . .
- Troops Moved To Malakand To Smash Kidnapper Dens (News International, Ikram Hoti, Apr 09, 2006)
More than 1,000 Army troops have been moved to Malakand Agency possibly for carrying out an operation against gangs of kidnappers, authorities told The News here on Saturday.
- 40 Bugti Tribesmen Surrender (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
Dozens of alleged supporters of Nawab Akbar Bugti laid down their arms on Saturday and surrendered to authorities in restive Balochistan, an official said.
- The Die Is Cast Against Defiant Baloch Chieftains (News International, Tariq Butt, Apr 09, 2006)
The government is tightening the noose around the neck of three defiant Baloch chieftains to force them into renouncing aggression.
- Two Taliban Commanders Killed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
Afghan and US-led coalition forces killed three Taliban, including two commanders directly linked to deadly attacks, and captured five more in a series of operations, the coalition said on Saturday while a suicide car bomb outside a Nato military . . .
- Jirga Seeks Removal Of Soldiers From Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
A big tribal Jirga held on Friday in Mir Ali rejected the ban on carrying arms in North Waziristan and demanded that soldiers be removed from check-posts on the roads and deployed on the border with Afghanistan.
- Suicide Blast At Us Base Hurts 3 In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
A suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden car outside a US military base in Afghanistan on Friday, wounding three Americans in the second attack on a US base in 24 hours.
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