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Articles 13721 through 13820 of 27031:
- Afghan Man Saved From Execution (Washington Times, Daniel Cooney, Mar 27, 2006)
A court yesterday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
- Pakistani Muslim Emerges As Britain's King Of The Ring (International Herald Tribune, Pat Jordan, Mar 27, 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.
- Mirwaiz Urges Unity For Kashmir Solution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Chairman of the moderate faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Omar Farooq has called upon all political and religious parties and liberation movements in both parts of Kashmir to raise voice for an immediate and just solution of the Kashmir
- Consensus Emerging On Amending Law (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 27, 2006)
A consensus appears to be fast emerging among various political parties on bringing a Bill in the reconvened Budget session of Parliament for a clear definition of an “office of profit”.
- A Useful Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 27, 2006)
The visit of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh to India was important for several reasons.
- Intl Sales, Marketing Partner Announced (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Aero India 2007 is expected to be much more bigger show than the earlier shows, MoD sources said.
- Unflinching Faith (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The Periapuranam also known as Tiru Tondar Puranam, composed by Sekkizhar, contains the life accounts of the 63 Nayanmars — staunch devotees of Siva — wherein the remarkable ways in which the Lord tested their sincerity and manifested His grace . . .
- Under The Red Sky (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Mar 27, 2006)
The Taiwanese president, Chen Shui-bian, has a basic problem. He came to power forty years too late.
- "Evolve Alternatives To Nuclear Technology" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
To ensure a hazard-free environment: Kroto
- Whither Speedy Justice? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was right in asking the superior courts to introduce corrective measures to dispense speedy justice but he fell short of suggesting viable solutions in this regard.
- Most Parties For Change In Legislation (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Mar 27, 2006)
Consultations on office of profit almost complete: Dasmunsi
Bring forward a Bill: Sharad Yadav
Government not for ordinance: Pranab
Left favours comprehensive Bill
- Wage Unending War On Terror (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Mar 27, 2006)
Terrorism is an invisible enemy which has plagued India since 1980s in one form or the other.
- This Isn't Greek To Us (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Mar 27, 2006)
The mountains look on Marathon / And Marathon looks on the sea; / And musing there an hour alone, / I dream'd that Greece might yet be free / For, standing on the Persians' grave / I could not deem myself a slave."
- It's A Battle For Modernity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2006)
The wretched Islamist propaganda and violence can only be checked by use of superior force, says Tony Blair
- Projects: Farmers Must Get Better Deal, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Several projects coming up around Hyderabad need a lot of land
- Economic Nationalism (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 27, 2006)
The latest bid by Alcatel of France to take over the beleaguered Lucent Technologies of New Jersey, US, will be closely watched for two reasons. One, the merger is part of the wave of consolidation in the telecom industry. And two, it comes in the . . .
- Musharraf’S ‘True Democracy’ (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 27, 2006)
In a country where democracy has always been difficult to define under the best of circumstances President Pervez Musharraf has laid claim to “true democracy” under his rule.
- Terror Proliferation (Daily Excelsior, Anil Bhat, Mar 27, 2006)
The terrorist attacks in Varanasi, followed by the killing of Ghulam Yazdani and Kajol - both Bangladeshis in New Delhi and one more in Lucknow as well as the capture of Siddiqul Islam, alias Banglabhai, boss of Jagrata Muslim Janata . . .
- Train Hijack (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Mar 27, 2006)
The hijacking of a passenger train in Jharkhand by armed Naxalites guerrillas puts the spotlight on a problem that deserves to be tackled seriously and on an urgent footing:
- No Ordinance On Office Of Profit, Govt Wants Talks: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Denying that the Centre wants an ordinance on the office of profit issue, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government will discuss the issue with all political parties before taking the next step.
- Nepal Rebel Chief's Father Awaits Son's Homecoming (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Mar 27, 2006)
The peasant father of Prachanda -- the feared, elusive chief of Nepal's Maoist rebels -- remembers his son as a helpful, well-behaved young man, and is waiting for him to return home and work for peace.
- Chief’S Gesture (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 27, 2006)
Too shallow to ‘click’
- Mma Leader Asks Mush To Follow Sonia's Example (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Asking Pervez Musharraf to learn a lesson from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi who quit her Lok Sabha seat over the 'office of profit' issue, a top leader of Pakistan's Islamist alliance has said he should step down as Army Chief and President and . . .
- Pre-Empting Naxals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 27, 2006)
The state governments will have reservations, but the Central Reserve Police Force’s establishing its own intelligence apparatus along the Naxal corridor is to be appreciated.
- Nasa Plans Moon Base For Mars Trip (Telegraph, Guy Gugliotta, Mar 27, 2006)
For the first time since 1972, the US is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in . . .
- Bush Was Set To Invade Iraq Sans Un Sanction (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
US President George W Bush made clear to British Prime Minister Tony Blair in January 2003 that he was determined to invade Iraq without a UN resolution, The New York Times reported in its Monday edition.
- Saddam Letter Urges Arab Support For Insurgency (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Saddam Hussein urged Arab leaders to support Iraqi insurgents, warning that an "American-Israeli conspiracy" aims to split Iraq into pieces, according to a letter the former Iraqi leader purportedly wrote that appeared on Sunday on the Internet.
- Angle Of Salute (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 27, 2006)
Every pilot worth his altimeter knows about the importance of the angle of attack — the angle at which the wings and other airfoils of the aircraft meet the airflow.
- Afghan Court Drops Christian Convert Case (US News & World Report, Daniel Cooney, Mar 27, 2006)
A court on Sunday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
- Sangh Sings Sonia Praise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
New Delhi, March 26: Sonia Gandhi has won admirers in the unlikeliest of political and geographical corners with her twin resignations — in the Sangh and in Pakistan.
- Indo-French Joint Air Exercise From Today (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Mar 27, 2006)
In August 1999, Indian MiG-21 fighters shot down a Pakistani Atlantique-I submarine hunter aircraft in the North Arabian Sea after it penetrated the international border.
- Indo-French Naval Exercises From Monday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Even as the UPA government and opposition NDA lock horns over the Scorpene submarine project, the Indian and French navies are gearing up to kick-off a large joint combat exercise next week.
- Singapore Wins Enemies (Deccan Herald, Simon Tisdall, Mar 27, 2006)
Friendly bridge-building is uphill work
- Do We Submit To Quasi-Colonial Surrender? (Deccan Herald, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Mar 27, 2006)
Every office – executive, judicial, legislative or other – is a constitutional trust, and the nation’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.’
- Of Power And Pelf (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Mar 27, 2006)
History informs us that the law-makers will make laws to nullify any law that snatches away their benefits
- Alliances: Rhetoric And Reality (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 27, 2006)
There is a growing tendency in the world to describe a friendly relationship as a “strategic alliance”.
- Iran Nuclear Chief Meets Iaea Officials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Agency finalises report to Security Council The report is likely to be critical of Iran for defying Council request to freeze uranium enrichment
- The India Tilt In Us Policy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Mar 27, 2006)
The Bush administration now recognises the true importance of India
- Out Of Isolation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 27, 2006)
The spectre of Maoism is haunting parts of tribal India.
- Pak Terror Infrastructure Alive And Kicking: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The ‘’Islamic Jihad’’ the civilised world is grappling with today, was born and nurtured in South Asia by the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Bangladesh triumverate, and what is being witnessed in West Asia, particularly after the US-led war in . . .
- Lashkar Militant Gunned Down In J-K (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Army troops shot dead a self-styled Tehsil commander of the banned militant outfit Lashker-e-Toiba in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunitions from him, official sources said here on Monday.
- Why Iran Oil Cutoff Could Be Suicidal (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Iran's nuclear standoff with the United States, Europe, and other nations has led to considerable speculation of $100-per-barrel oil and $4-per-gallon gasoline in the US. Such high prices might kick off a worldwide energy crisis and recession.
- Eclectic Culture (Hindu, ZERIN ANKLESARIA , Mar 26, 2006)
A comprehensive book on a little known region.
- India Offers To Redesign Baglihar Dam (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Mar 26, 2006)
India is prepared to review and redesign the controversial Baglihar dam provided Pakistan assures that it will withdraw the case it has submitted to the World Bank against India for violating the Indus Basin Waters Treaty.
- General Musharraf’S Partiality (Daily Times, General Musharraf, Mar 25, 2006)
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League put up a show on March 23 at Lahore’s Minto Park to celebrate both the Lahore Resolution, now re-christened as the Pakistan Resolution, and the League’s 100th anniversary .
- Misplaced Defence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 25, 2006)
All this talk of Muslims and the mainstream recalls a Bihar minister who, visiting Telco’s office in Jamshedpur, asked General Shiv Verma, who had a post-retirement job there, how many Biharis he employed. Shooting his immaculate cuffs and with . . .
- Bond’Ed Warehouse (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 25, 2006)
Old soldiers never die, they merely fade away,” General Douglas MacArthur once quipped.
- Group Of Experts Support Us-India Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 25, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal has its detractors but it is not without its defenders, as is evident from a statement signed by 27 “experts”, led by Selig Harrison, who seldom has a good word to say about Pakistan.
- India As The New Force For Peace And Stability (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Mar 25, 2006)
"What is in it for America?" That was how the national security adviser, M.K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, . . .
- Balochistan Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Vazeeruddin, Mar 25, 2006)
Since its creation in August 1947, courtesy the divide and rule policy of the British departing from (undivided) India, Pakistan has been trying to wrest Kashmir from India by launching military attacks against India and extending all manner of . . .
- Pak Soldier Killed In Clashes Near Afghan Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Fierce clashes in a volatile Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border killed one soldier and several militants on Friday, a security official said.
- Sc Slams Govt On Tainted Ministers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
"Can a person facing rape charges be appointed a judge or an election commissioner?" An angry Supreme Court hurled this poser at the Centre on Friday while hearing a PIL challenging the appointment of MPs accused of various crimes as members of the . . .
- India Nuclear Deal Meets Wary Congress (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Bush presses for approval of a pact taking a different approach to nonproliferation.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
For the last two days some people have been trying to create an atmosphere as if government and Parliament are being used only to favour me.
- Pakistan, India Launch New Bus Amid Emotional Scenes (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The annual Sikh pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan took on special significance this year with the first bus service linking the birthplace of the religion's founder with Amritsar in India.
- Us Fails To Get Nsg’S Ok For Nuclear Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Pak Security Forces Kill 18 Pro-Taliban Militants (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in the restive North Waziristan region on Friday, killing 18 pro-Taliban militants after rebels attacked a paramilitary post leaving a soldier dead.
- Strong Condemnation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
There can be no soft words for the present government's increasingly visible inability to provide a necessary checks-and-balances framework under which the market mechanism can operate.
- Warnings And Promises (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
Speaking at the PML convention on Thursday, General Musharraf warned the foreign militants and their local supporters in tribal areas to quit Pakistan or be eliminated.
- Lame Ducks Can Still Bite Back (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Mar 25, 2006)
Teaching the history of revolutions has been easy at Harvard this semester. As if to illustrate exactly how these strange historical upheavals work, the university has obligingly staged a revolution of its own.
- Moscow Spies Tipped Saddam On U.S. War Plan (Washington Times, Rowan Scarborough, Mar 25, 2006)
Moscow had informants inside U.S. Central Command whose information on the March 2003 invasion of Iraq was relayed to dictator Saddam Hussein days before American troops ousted him from power, according to a Defense Department history released yesterday.
- Way Of Life ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 25, 2006)
Wasn't it one of our more distinguished Prime Ministers who told us that corruption was not something unique to India. It was a universal phenomenon.
- Election Fallout: Eu To Impose Sanctions On Belarus President (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
European Union leaders decided on Friday to punish Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after an election seen as rigged—announcing “restrictions” against the authoritarian leader that would likely include a travel ban from Europe.
- The Game Plan On Iran Is Becoming Clearer (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 25, 2006)
The Anglo-Americans want a Security Council resolution allowing for the eventual use of force. Iran must play its cards very carefully from now onwards.
- Defence Deals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
We probably have not heard the last word about kickbacks in the Scorpene submarine purchase, but that a day after the NDA made a huge issue of it something more “explosive” attracted its attention would suggest that the priority was political . . .
- But It’S About Kashmir, Insists Pakistan (News International, Mariana Baabar, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan has said that the resolution of contentious issues like the Jammu and Kashmir dispute alone would pave the way for not only improvement in bilateral relations with India but also go a long way in improving lives of peoples in the region.
- Ordinance Route Not The Way, Says Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Parliament should debate the issue and adopt legislation
NAC chair cannot be termed an office of profit: CPI (M)
No shortcut method should be taken to settle the controversy: Dasgupta
Adjournment not in interest of democracy: Abani Roy
- Dpf List Of Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Announcement made by AIADMK general secretary
- Mission Iraq (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 25, 2006)
Continuing a war against a violent totalitarian ideology is not among the easier things in the world .
- Fuel Truck Destroyed In Blast On Pak-Afghan Border (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
A bomb explosion on Friday destroyed a truck carrying fuel to a US military base soon after it crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan, officials said.
- R E G I O N: Unsc Presses Afghan Govt To Rein In Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Council concerned about extremist threat to Afghan peace and stability
- 20 Militants Killed In N Waziristan: Ispr (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Pakistan Army claimed killing 16 to 20 attackers in retaliatory action in the North Waziristan tribal agency early on Friday.
- Iraqi Girl’S Plight Moved This Peacemaker (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Peacemaker Harmeet Singh Sooden, a Canadian of Indian origin, who has been freed from captivity in Iraq, has revealed himself as a man devoted to human rights and family values.
- Price Of Honour (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 24, 2006)
The suffix MP has been on sale for the past fifty years
- Military Drops Leaflets In Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Planes dropped leaflets in both South Waziristan and North Waziristan on Thursday on the occasion of Pakistan Day to urge the tribesmen to beware of foreigners and their local supporters who had allied themselves with the . . .
- Us Lobbies For Nuclear Trade With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Hostages Rescued In Iraq (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Weeks of intelligence work in lawless west Baghdad and a rapid response by special forces to information extracted from a prisoner led to British troops’ rescue of three Christian peace activists in Baghdad today.
- Apathy Is In The Air (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Mar 24, 2006)
Israel’s voters are apathetic in spite of the fact that the next government is expected to set the final borders of the Jewish state, thereby defining its relations with Palestinians, Arabs and the international community.
- Rich And Poor In India, China (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 24, 2006)
Opposite approaches of two countries
- Bush Admn Briefs Nsg (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Mar 24, 2006)
Even as two Bush Administration officials today briefed members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna on the details of the US-India civilian nuclear agreement, a senior US official admitted that many members of the group will wait to see . . .
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