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- Hizb, Let Leaders On Hunger-Strike (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2006)
18 militant commanders stage protest in POK
Eighteen top jihadi commanders are staging a hunger strike in Muzaffarabad against "the betrayal of the jihad in Jammu and Kashmir by President Pervez Musharraf," a Hizbul- Mujahideen spokesperson told . . .
- Nuclear Deal: Benefits For India (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Mar 13, 2006)
The US-India deal will lead to more efficient import of nuclear technology and equipment, translating into higher nuclear power generation, which, in these pollution-conscious times, ought not to be written off hastily on grounds of higher . . .
- Hang Guilty Promptly: Saddam’S Prosecutor (Deccan Herald, CORPORATE BUREAU, Mar 13, 2006)
The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants resumed on Sunday with the chief prosecutor calling for the prompt hanging of any found guilty.
- Growing India Needs A Permanent Establishment (Tribune, Manish Tewari, Mar 13, 2006)
In the wake of the domestic fracas on the Iran vote at the IAEA, Dr. Manmohan Singh recently bemoaned the lack of an “establishment” and a strategic culture in India that takes a long-term view of India’s interests.
- Karzai Behind Bush Plainspeak To Musharraf: Report (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
With the Taliban staging a gradual resurgence in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai was able to convince US President George W Bush, during their recent summit, that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was not doing enough to defeat . . .
- Search For Truth (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of all the accused in the sensational seven year old Jessica Lall murder case has rudely shocked the conscience of the nation and shattered its faith in the working of the criminal justice system.
- Coastal Policing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 13, 2006)
At first glance it would be easy to write off as “ambitious” the 15-year Perspective Plan projected by the Coast Guard to take it through to 2017.
- Musharraf’S Warning (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 13, 2006)
Less than two weeks after highlighting the need for implementing the Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations to restore order in Balochistan, General Musharraf has justified the ongoing military operation in that province, saying the . . .
- Persuading Congress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2006)
Bush makes a good start
AS promised under the Indo-US nuclear deal, the George W. Bush administration has initiated the process for its implementation.
- A Spoof Hits China's Web, A Star Is Born (Christian Science Monitor, Robert Marquand, Mar 13, 2006)
An underground video sweeping Chinese cyberspace has half the country cracking up.
- Indian Maoists Claim Government Backs Civilian Paramilitaries (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
Indian Maoists who killed 28 people last month in a landmine blast said on Sunday the victims were government-backed paramilitaries and not civilians.
- Mayhem In The Menagerie (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2006)
New conflict between the United Jihad Council and President Pervez Musharraf reflects a crisis in Pakistan's political life.
- Nature Of Us Relations With India And Pakistan Different (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent US approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Pmln-Ppp Reconciliation? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 13, 2006)
The pml leader and re-elected Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani said in a TV discussion Saturday that last week’s meeting between Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mian Shahbaz Sharif in Dubai reminded him more of ironies than a reconciliation.
- Beyond The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Salman Haidar , Mar 13, 2006)
The visit was remarkably without glitter. No eye-catching gesture, no verbal flourish, no dancing in the village square, not even a trip to the Taj.
- Working With A Neighbour (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 13, 2006)
President A.p.j. Abdul Kalam's visit to Myanmar, the first by a head of state from India, marks a major milestone in bilateral relations.
- Spillover Of Waziristan Unrest (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 13, 2006)
Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao has said that the unrest in North Waziristan Agency is spreading to surrounding districts including Tank and DIKhan. Speaking in the National Assembly on Saturday he, however, vowed to continue action . . .
- For A Glimpse Of Suu Kyi (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 13, 2006)
On a visit to Myanmar, we tried to get a glimpse of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Noble Peace Prize winner, put away from the public eye by the ruling military junta for 10 out of the last 16 years.
- Bush Visit: Not Just A Stopover (Dawn, Iqbal Akhund, Mar 13, 2006)
Invidious comparison is virtually built into an American president’s visit to the subcontinent. So it has been again, as President Bush has come and gone. As a foreign journalist put it, India got a hug, Pakistan a pat on the back.
- Pakistan’S Energy Needs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 13, 2006)
Us energy secretary Samuel Bodman is to visit Pakistan in the near future to discuss the country’s energy needs.
- A Footstool In The World (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Mar 13, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal has exposed inconsistencies in India’s position
- The Indian Connection (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 13, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Mauritius
- Exalting The Myth Of Suffering (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Mar 13, 2006)
To the last, a solitary death on Saturday in a UN cell near an international court he derided, Slobodan Milosevic clung to the notion that all the Balkan destruction he ignited and presided over was no more than a response to aggression . . .
- George Gets Clean Chit On Kargil Scam (Times of India, Dhananjay Mahapatra, Mar 13, 2006)
After a long spell of discomfiting news, here is something that George Fernandes can afford to smile.
- Five Killed In Afghan Violence (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 12, 2006)
Two policemen were beheaded and their bodies dumped in a desert after being kidnapped from their homes in the heartland of Afghanistan’s opium poppy region, an official said on Saturday.
- 25 Militants Killed Near Miranshah (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Mar 11, 2006)
Pakistan Army artillery shelled a village 10 kilometres from Miranshah on Friday night and gunship helicopters pounded militants’ positions following reports that two of the most wanted clerics Maulvi Sadiq Noor and Maulvi Abdul Khaliq and their . . .
- Pak Minister Says Musharraf Has No Power To Pardon Sarabjit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Pakistan Law Minister Wasi Zafar today said President Pervez Musharraf has no power to pardon alleged Indian spy Sarabjit Singh, whose review petition against the death sentence has been rejected by the Supreme Court.
- Churchill And Moscow (Statesman, Valentin Falin, Mar 11, 2006)
Myths are known to persist, as proved by Winston Churchill’s speech in Fulton in 1946. To this day it is regarded as the “anti-communist manifesto” that unleashed the Cold War and encouraged Stalin to erect the “iron curtain” which cut off a half . . .
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
We (Pakistan and India) are into a bilateral dialogue. We don’t want to make it trilateral or multilateral. — General Pervez Musharraf.
- Somali Piracy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
Protecting the mercantile marine and sanitising shipping lanes is often cited as part of the rationale for a strong navy.
- Prolonging Perfidy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
Hopefully the Centre and Ulfa will not precipitate any action that could jeopardise their understanding last month on confidence-building measures to bolster the next round of talks expected in June.
- Prison Diary (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
As George Bush vacationed in the subcontinent pontificating on how to contain terror and Iran, his self-appointed role as an international cop has been reaffirmed with Amnesty International’s latest report on Abu Gharib prison and the . . .
- Understanding The Harvest Of Hate (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 11, 2006)
Varanasi was just an exclamation mark in Islamist terror groups' war against India. Learning from it needs an understanding not of each outrage, but the whole.
- The Morning After (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 11, 2006)
The benefits we know. Time, now, to consider the costs of India's new relationship with the US.
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Amulya Lessons (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 11, 2006)
The despatch of a top US defence official, charged with the reconstruction of Afghanistan, to Anand in Gujarat for a first-hand study of the famous Amul dairy development model is a reminder of the many valuable models we have in our own backyard.
- Kalam Scores With Youths On Last Day (Statesman, R C Rajamani, Mar 11, 2006)
The President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, tonight concluded a highly popular three-day visit to Myanmar during which he conveyed to the hosting military leadership India’s keenness to see the restoration of democracy in their nation . . .
- Bush Sends India Nuclear Request To Congress - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change U.S. law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Kalam To Students: Send E-Mails As Often As You Wish (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 11, 2006)
Political correctness never mattered to the President "Have the courage to invent, have the courage to combat problems and also have the courage to discover the impossible."
- Less Than Fair Towards Stalin (Statesman, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
Sir, — I can’t quite agree with the views expressed by Arvin Ghosh in his article “Speech that lifted the lid” (Perspective, 26 February). He has recalled Nikita Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th congress of the CPSU.
- Spirit Of Varanasi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 11, 2006)
IT is commonplace for terrorists to bandy about the name of a new outfit after a bloody strike.
- Bush Sends India’S N-Request To Congress (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Legislators want guarantees on India’s nuclear status
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change US law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- Police Detain Eight For Varanasi Blasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Police detained eight people on Friday over bomb attacks that killed 15 people in one of Hinduism's holiest cities; blasts that were later claimed by a group which said it was fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.
- Report Faults India's Nonproliferation Record (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 11, 2006)
India circumvents other countries' export controls and leaks sensitive technology in procuring materials for its nuclear programs, according to a report by former U.N. weapons inspector David Albright.
- It Is Time To Flex Political Muscles (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Mar 11, 2006)
With elections to several state assemblies due in about a year's time it is understandable for political parties to be seen flexing their muscles, breaking old alliances, forging new ones and generally creating an atmosphere which . . .
- Muslim Representation (Daily Excelsior, Maqbool Shah, Mar 11, 2006)
The alleged seeking of details by Sachar Committee from the Army Headquarters about the Muslim officers and personnel below officer rank serving in the Army and their pattern of posting has yet again focussed the attention of the nation . . .
- Reacting To Iran’S Reactors (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 11, 2006)
It will be instructive to see how the five permanent members of the UN Security Council deal with the IAEA report on Iran. According to the report, the Iranians have begun feeding uranium gas into centrifuges — a first step towards producing . . .
- Balancing Game (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 11, 2006)
By exposing the limits of nuclear muscle-flexing, the Varanasi explosions should have pricked the balloon of euphoria generated by George W. Bush’s visit.
- Us Govt Submits Draft Proposal To Congress On Indo-Us Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has submitted a draft proposal to Congress that envisages changes in US atomic energy laws to help pass the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
- Bush For Change In Us Law On N-Sale (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Wants exemption for India
In a significant step that is expected to pave the way for the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the White House today sent a proposal to the US Congress to change non-proliferation laws even as the opponents . . .
- U.K. Helped Israel Get Nuclear Bomb (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Mar 11, 2006)
Records obtained under Information Act
- The Metro Dream Is Gathering Steam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Though the BMRC is planning to perform the bhoomi puja in March-end or early April, provided they get the Union Cabinet’s final clearance on March 17 as scheduled, the earth digging work will begin only after three months.
- Probe Into Madrid Train Bombings Uncovers No Link To Al-Qaeda (Indian Express, PAUL HAVEN, Mar 11, 2006)
A two-year probe into the Madrid train bombings concludes the Islamic terrorists who carried out the blasts were homegrown radicals acting on their own rather than at the behest of Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network, two intelligence officials said.
- Port Deal Collapse Could Stunt Overseas Business (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
DP World’s decision on Thursday to transfer a handful of American port terminals, rather than chilling interest in investing in the US, may actually have made it safer for foreigners by relieving some of the political pressure that was building . . .
- Your Honour, How Does This Sound? (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Mar 11, 2006)
The Bar Council of India has decided to invite opinion from the state bar councils about how advocates need to address judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court — that is, whether they should now be addressed as . . .
- N-Deal Journey Begins, Up The Washington Hill (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Mar 11, 2006)
Setting into motion what promises to be a tough climb, the Bush Administration formally submitted a draft proposal before the US Congress seeking its approval for the civilian nuclear agreement with India signed in July 2005.
- George Bush As Dr Strangedeal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2006)
Ten years from now, will George Bush’s determination to rewrite nuclear rules for preventing the bomb’s spread be judged to have been courageously right or dangerously wrong? In striking his deal with India, allowing it to import nuclear . . .
- Challenges Ahead In Sino-Pakistan Ties (Dawn, Ziad Haider, Mar 11, 2006)
Last month, President Musharraf visited China to celebrate 55 years of Pakistan’s diplomatic relations with its most valued ally. His focus was on securing energy assistance and bringing “our economic ties in consonance with our excellent political and...
- Npt In The Doldrums (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which has at no time been on very solid grounds since it was launched in 1970, is now in danger of meeting its end.
- Us Submits Nuclear Proposal To Congress (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has already submitted a proposal to the US Congress, seeking to amend the laws for enabling India to acquire nuclear technology from the United States while a senior State Department official said he was . . .
- Us-India Nuclear Deal To Spur $100 Billion In Energy Ventures (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
A landmark US deal extending civilian nuclear technology to India could open up 100 billion dollars in energy business ventures for Americans, a top US business group said.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Not A Military Agreement: Boucher (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 11, 2006)
Richard Boucher, the new head of South and Central Asia at the State Department, said on Thursday that the nuclear deal with India was “not a military agreement,” but one meant to “provide a clearly-demarcated, permanently . . .
- Another Shameful Day In The Life Of Lahore (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 11, 2006)
Until two days ago the Punjab government was insisting that Basant would be celebrated come hell or high water.
- Tehran's Nuclear Duplicity (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Mar 11, 2006)
Iranian officials openly brag to one another about their success in fooling European Union negotiators into believing they had stopped their efforts to produce nuclear fuel, according to Hassan Rowhani, who until last last year headed . . .
- Anatomy Of A Partnership (International Herald Tribune, Henry A. Kissinger, Mar 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India has brought relations between the United States and India to an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence.
- Us Policy Gurus Drum Up Support For Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 11, 2006)
An open letter urging support for the Indo-US nuclear deal has been sent to members of the US Congress by 25 Washington-based policy analysts.
- Balochistan Imbroglio (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 11, 2006)
AS violence between the security forces and local population has escalated in Balochistan the acts of terror and sabotage have almost become a daily occurrence. On Friday 26 people were killed and seven injured when a vehicle carrying a wedding . . .
- Pak Taliban To Open Office In Wana To Settle Disputes (News International, Sailab Mahsud, Mar 11, 2006)
A meeting of tribal elders and clerics held in Wana on Friday authorised the local Taliban to open an office to settle disputes between the people on the basis of the Sharia and local customs and traditions.
- Yes, Minimum Deterrence Is A Must (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 11, 2006)
The address of President Pervez Musharraf at the inauguration of Centre of Excellence of NESCOM was mainly devoted to his vision of relations with India with focus on economic defence but he also vowed on the occasion to maintain a credible . . .
- Defence And Development (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The government deserves credit for coordinating all strategic commissions under the National Command Authority.
- Adverse Verdict (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2006)
Hopes of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer from Punjab languishing in a Pakistani jail, escaping the gallows have been dashed with the Pakistan Supreme Court upholding the death sentence on him.
- Tehran's Nuclear Duplicity (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Mar 11, 2006)
Iranian officials openly brag to one another about their success in fooling European Union negotiators into believing they had stopped their efforts to produce nuclear fuel, according to Hassan Rowhani, who until last last year headed talks with . . . .
- Fdi Questions (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 10, 2006)
The government’s initiative on changing foreign investment norms in telecom appears to be coming unstuck.
- White House Defends India N-Pact (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
No intention to pursue a similar civil cooperation with Pakistan
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Under Fire (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 10, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal remains under fire from leading experts in the area with one of them, Stephen Cohen of Brookings, arguing that even if the deal fails in Congress, it would still have enabled India to shop around the world . . .
- Bush ‘Made Fatal Error’ By Signing N-Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
A leading nuclear and security expert has said that the deal signed by President George Bush in New Delhi “endorses and assists India’s nuclear weapons programme”.
- Mush Claims Bush Visit 'Extremely Successful' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said the visit of US President George W Bush to Pakistan was "extremely successful" in discussing issues like Kashmir, acquisition of F-16 fighter jets at cheaper cost and meeting Islamabad's defence . . .
- To Silence N-Deal Critics, White House Says India Unique Case (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Mar 10, 2006)
: In the wake of increasing criticism against the civilian nuclear agreement, White House has sought to set the record straight by coming out with a point by point clarification on all the issues being cited by those raising their . . .
- Us Has No Hopes For Democracy’S Return In Nepal: Special Bush Emissary (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Mar 10, 2006)
President George Bush’s special emissary to Nepal has said that the return of democracy in the kingdom does not seem imminent.
- Bush Boys Begin Nuclear Deal Hardsell (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Bush administration has rejected charges that the Indo-US nuclear deal would fuel an arms race in South Asia.
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