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Articles 14421 through 14520 of 27031:
- Bush To Gyanendra: Patch Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Less than a week after US President George W Bush’s visit to India, his envoy, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs Mr Donald Camp flew to Kathmandu to reiterate the message sent out . . .
- Beyond The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, Salman Haidar , Mar 10, 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.
- Iaea Report Sent To Security Council (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Mar 10, 2006)
Iaed Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei transmitted his report on Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, at the close of the Agency´s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna today.
- Qaeda Man Dreamt Of Attack On White House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The dream was important enough that he told his supreme commander, Osama bin Laden, all about it. That dream has taken on a significant role in Moussaoui's death-penalty trial.
- Deal Will Not Fuel Arms Race: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Washington replies to critics of the agreement
Deal doesn't recognise India as a nuke weapons state
Accord brings India into non-proliferation mainstream
India's growing energy needs will be addressed by pact
- A Job Of One’S Own (Indian Express, PIYUSHA CHATTERJEE, Mar 10, 2006)
Don't stay glued to the television throughout the evening. You are watching that match as if your life was at stake. Come and help me make some chappatis.”
- Rhetoric Clouds Peace Process In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 10, 2006)
Negotiations to resolve the ethnic conflict have again run into trouble with both the Sinhala and Tamil camps taking increasingly confrontationist positions.
- New Dimensions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Australia will be looking for new equations with India
- Should Tv Channels Play An Activist Role? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Mar 10, 2006)
Although President A. P.J. Abdul Kalam is said to have promised “necessary action” after accepting an SMS petition from a news channel’s viewers asking for justice in the Jessica Lal case, a point to ponder is: is it really the media’s . . .
- Attitude, The Real Culprit (Deccan Herald, Aditya Sondhi, Mar 10, 2006)
There has been a general outcry to the acquittal of the accused in the high-profile Jessica Lal murder case by the Sessions Court in New Delhi, as the prolonged and much publicised litigation ended in a sense of denial of justice . . .
- White House Hardsells Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The White House also countered the notion that as India’s two developmental fast breeder reactors are outside the scope of international inspections, the country can make enough nuclear weapons to expand the arsenal.
- Varanasi Stands Resolute (Deccan Herald, PUJAA AWASTTHI, Mar 10, 2006)
Since Tuesday when twin bomb blasts rocked the temple town, business, according to Ashok Majhi, a 32-year-old boatsman, has been dull. “On a good day we make anything like Rs 300. Yesterday there was nothing,” he shrugs.
- ‘Us Deal Won’T Stop India’S N-Arms Programme’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 10, 2006)
While most legislators at this time are keeping their options open, a flavour of the brewing opposition was evident from earlier television testimony by Congressman Hunter who appeared on ABC’s This Week talk show.
- Going Beyond Separation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 10, 2006)
By making public the Government's plan for separating the civilian and military components of the India's nuclear energy programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has allayed many of the fears expressed inside and outside Parliament about the . . .
- New Logic For New India (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 10, 2006)
Even after he fell from grace and spent his last years in disgrace, there was one country where Richard Nixon was always welcome. For all its other angularities, China never forgot its indebtedness to the man who in 1971 began the process of extricating t
- Middle East In Black And White Terms (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Mar 10, 2006)
Washington's refusal to deal with the new Hamas government together with a policy of isolating Teheran will only strengthen the hand of hardline Islamists.
- Bush - The Controversial (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Mar 10, 2006)
The president of United States of America, George w. Bush (2) may consider himself the most powerful and the best statesman of the world but in reality he stands at the top of the list of controversial leaders.
- Pressures May Be Skewing Blasts Probe, Warn Experts (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 10, 2006)
No evidence whether bombings had a Kashmir link or were carried out by a local Lashkar cell
Officials contest claims that a top Lashkar-e-Taiba operative shot dead on Wednesday had a role in the bombings
Intelligence officials say it would have made n
- Kalam Addresses The Last Mughal's Lament (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Mar 10, 2006)
President brings a bunch of flowers and lights a candle for Bahadur Shah Zafar
- We Must Negotiate With Iaea For India-Specific Safeguards: Kakodkar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
He does not foresee any interruption in fuel supplies, but says measures needed to deal with interruptions
Safeguards and additional protocol should be India-specific
No interruption in the fuel supplies foreseen
- Blasting Through Peace (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 10, 2006)
A colonial power was dismissed from a fragmented subcontinent.
- 50 Security Workers Abducted In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Gunmen wearing commando uniforms of the Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry stormed an Iraqi security company that relied heavily on Sunni ex-military men from the Saddam regime, spiriting away 50 hostages.
- Myanmar, India Sign Gas Supply Agreement (Reuters, CP Bhambri, Mar 10, 2006)
India has signed a preliminary agreement with Myanmar on buying natural gas from the military-ruled southeast Asian nation, a senior Indian official said.
- Bush Leaves The Nuclear Deal In Congress Court (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
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.
- Russia To Deliver Smerch Rockets To India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Russia is starting deliveries of 'Smerch' (Tornado) multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to India.
- Great Leap Sideways (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 10, 2006)
The tenth Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) has been remarkable for several reasons.
- Iaea Clears Way For Unsc Action On Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday opened the way for Security Council action against Iran over its nuclear program, sparking an angry reaction from Tehran which threatened Washington with "harm and pain" for leading the charge.
- Energy Security (Daily Excelsior, O.P. Sabherwal, Mar 10, 2006)
The question is often posed: why fast breeder reactors (FBRs)? What is the special place of fast breeders in India’s nuclear power programme? The simple answer is that fast breeders are the routes to India’s energy security, providing . . .
- Us Compulsion Brings (Daily Excelsior, R.S. Rangachary, Mar 10, 2006)
The self-appointed head prefect of the world has rewarded a bad boy of the class.
- Pak Not To Compromise On Deterrence Capability: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf today said Pakistan would not compromise on its nuclear deterrence capability and claimed the world was "astounded" by the test firing of 'Babur' cruise missile last year.
- Pak Economic Superiority To Beat India: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said Pakistan would get an edge over India by achieving economic superiority rather than indulging in an arms race.
- India's Atomic Energy Chief Hails U.S. Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
India's atomic energy chief came out in strong support on Thursday of a civilian nuclear deal sealed last week with the United States, days after saying it could "shackle" his scientists.
- Budget Spurs Competitive Spirit (Times of India, Tarun Das, Mar 10, 2006)
The greatest quality of Budget 2006 is its focus on continuity and consolidation.
- Conference On Kashmir To Begin In Islamabad Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
National Conference leader Umar Abullah and several leaders from both sides of Jammu and Kashmir would assemble here for a two-day conference beginning tomorrow.
- Russia Beginning Deliveries Of 'Smerch' Rockets To India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Russia is starting deliveries of 'Smerch' (Tornado) multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) to India under the USD 150 million deal inked last December, local media reported today.
- Pakistan To Enhance Deterrence Capability (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Mar 10, 2006)
Indo-US nuclear deal and the subsequent alteration in strategic balance in South Asia has compelled Pakistan to expand its nuclear threshold and to enhance its detterence capability.
- India And Myanmar Sign Natural Gas Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
India and Myanmar agreed Thursday to consider ways of transporting natural gas from fields off western Myanmar to the energy-hungry giant next door, officials said.
- Iran’S Nuclear Standoff And Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 10, 2006)
With the United States nudging the International Atomic Energy Agency at every step, the IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei has transmitted his report on Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council at the close of the Agency’s . . .
- Centcom Chief’S Assertion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The Karzai government must have been deeply disappointed by Gen. John Abizaid’s remarks in Islamabad on Wednesday.
- Why The Federation Is At Odds With Provinces? (Dawn, Zamir Ghumro, Mar 10, 2006)
Against the backdrop of a raging controversy and widespread protests in the country in general and in Sindh in particular over the construction of mega dams, the federal cabinet decided on January 1 to revive the Council of Common Interests under . . .
- Bush Sends India Nuclear Request To Congress - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 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.
- It’S Actually The United States (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
The current row over militants’ movement across the Durand Line was discussed at a meeting between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and US CENTCOM chief Gen John Abizaid in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. Gen Musharraf is understood to have called for . . .
- Kashmir Involves India & Pakistan: Cbms Progressing: Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the issue of Kashmir was a bilateral matter involving Pakistan and India and neither party wanted it to become a trilateral or multilateral issue.
- Musharraf Says No Compromise On Deterrence (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday said that Pakistan is not into an arms race in the region but will never compromise on its strategy of defensive deterrence to safeguard its sovereignty
- Pak-Afghan Tension (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
That the main issue during talks between General Musharraf and CENTCOM Commander Gen John Abizaid was the situation on Pakistan's western border indicates that differences between Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached a point where a third . . .
- Islamic Kashmir Outfit Claims Blasts In India (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
An unknown Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for blasts that killed 23 people in India’s holiest Hindu city of Varanasi as grieving relatives cremated victims.
- Iaea Clears Way For Un Action On Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
* UNSC to take up watchdog’s report next week
* ElBaradei says political settlement still possible
* Russia sees no military solution, says sanctions ineffective
- Shaukat’S Principled Stand On Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is opposed to military action against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme and called for diplomatic solution to the crisis over Iran’s uranium enrichment issue.
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- Power Moves In Asia (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 09, 2006)
The US pursues goals of nuclear non-proliferation and counter terrorism in South Asia
- Correct Approach (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
While talking to BBC Television at London on Tuesday, Mr Aziz has reiterated Pakistan’s stand on tackling the issue of Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme that the West, mainly the US, wants wound up, suspecting it to be weapons-oriented, . . .
- A New South Asian Order In The Making (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Mar 09, 2006)
Despite the concessions made by Pervez Musharraf for Washington, President Bush’s approach to South Asia indicates very clearly a major shift in US policy, refracted most sharply by his visit to the region.
- Is The Bird Flu Over? (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Don’t just have it on your mind. Have it on your plate too!” So runs one of the series of advertisements that the ministry of health and family welfare and the department of animal husbandry are putting out in newspapers.
- The Nuclear Plan’S Hurdle Race (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Mar 09, 2006)
At last one can heave a sigh of relief of sorts. Even though a lot remains to be done to give practical effect to the July 18 India-US statement on nuclear cooperation, the “successful completion of discussions on India’s separation . . .
- White House: Indo-Us N-Deal Will Not Fuel Arms Race (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 09, 2006)
In an exercise aimed at silencing critics of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Bush administration has rejected charges that the pact would fuel an arms race in South Asia and set the stage for recognition of India as a nuclear weapons state.
- Govt-Left Relations Getting Worse (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Mar 09, 2006)
Relations between the Left parties and the Manmohan Singh Government are set to get more fractious in the days to come over India’s ties with the United States
- Reality Dawned Upon Me: Hizb Comdr (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Mar 09, 2006)
"I surrendered because reality dawned upon me," said the surrendered Hizbul Mujahideen district commander before media today, while explaining his reasons why he deserted his militant outfit and joined "mainstream".
- Pleasures Of Separation (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 09, 2006)
The formal outline of the nuclear separation plan presented before Parliament seems to have been designed to keep virtually everyone happy.
- Musharraf Wants More Security On Afghan Border (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Mar 09, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday told US Central Command (Centcom) chief General John P Abizaid that there was an urgent need to reinforce security on the Afghan side of the border to stop “miscreants” sneaking into Pakistan’s tribal areas.
- Bush Visit To South Asia (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 09, 2006)
Some change in US thinking on Pakistan
NEVER before has the visit of an American President to South Asia created such a political storm as the recent one by President George W. Bush to Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.
- New Clear Deal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 09, 2006)
After weeks of intense diplomatic activity, India and the US have reached an agreement on implementation of the nuclear deal struck last year.
- Blood On His Hands (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 09, 2006)
In August 2001, George Bush told Americans that he worried about a culture that devalues life, and that he believed that, as US president, he has an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.
- Indo-Us N-Deal: Good Or Bad? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
India tested nuclear bombs in 1974 and has remained outside the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) since then.
- American Building Schools And Relations In Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
An American mountaineer who fell ill while attempting to climb K2 in 1993 and spent seven weeks recovering in the Northern Areas village of Korphe promised to return and build the area’s fist school when he left - and he did.
- Kalam Reaches Myanmar On A Three-Day Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam and a 40-member entourage arrived in Myanmar amid tight security on Wednesday for a three-day visit.
- Iaea Sending Iran Report To Unsc Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
VIENNA MEET Tehran warns Washington of ‘harm and pain’, White House calls statement provocative
- 'Indo-Us N-Pact Doesn't Hamper Dealing With Iran' (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 09, 2006)
The Bush Administration has rejected the notion that proceeding with the civilian nuclear energy agreement with India undercuts America's dealing with Iran on the issue, stressing that the US looks at both the cases differently.
- What Is Sacred? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2006)
When terror is precision-timed for symbolism, careful scrutiny of the site and the situation is revealing.
- Strategic Interests Safe (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 09, 2006)
N-deal has made no such compromise
- Us, Europe Tell Iran To Reverse Nuke Policy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
An Iranian collision course with the Council looks more likely after Tehran brushed aside a tentative Russian offer on Tuesday to let it do limited atomic research if it refrained from enriching uranium on an industrial scale for 7-9 years.
- Pentagon Lauds Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 09, 2006)
The U.S. has said Pakistan's role is "critical" and "key" in matters concerning fighting the war on terror, securing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and instilling peace in the South Asian region.
- Pieces In Terror Jigsaw, Two Top Lashkar Men Shot In Up, Delhi (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Mar 09, 2006)
Within hours of the terror strike in Varanasi, two top-ranking Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by the police in Lucknow and Delhi.
- In Islamabad, On A Turning Wicket (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 09, 2006)
Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says HUSAIN HAQQANI
- Prime Minister's Statement On Discussions On Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation With The Us (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
In my Statement on February 27, 2006, I had provided an assurance that this august House will be informed of developments in our discussions with the United States on separation of our civilian and military nuclear facilities.
- 22 Iron, Manganese Mines Closed Down (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Minister of State for Mines T Subbarami Reddy told M Shivanna (JD-S) and R L Jalappa (Cong) that 70 iron ore mines, 15 manganese mines and two chromite and two gold mines are in operation in the State.
- Iran's Threat Of 'Harm And Pain' (San Francisco Chronicle, Edotorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 09, 2006)
The Rhetoric is rising in the war of wills between Washington and Tehran.
- Indo-Us N-Deal: Good Or Bad? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India tested nuclear bombs in 1974 and has remained outside the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) since then. US laws prohibit the export of nuclear technology to countries who have not signed NPT.
- India Says To Complete Nuclear Separation By 2014 (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 08, 2006)
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- N-Deal Doesn’T Recognise India As Nuclear Weapon State, Says Burns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The US has made it clear that the Indo-US nuclear deal does not amount to recognition of India as a nuclear weapon state.
- Kalam Embarks On Myanmar Visit Today (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Mar 08, 2006)
A very important visit to a very important neighbour. That’s how Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran described President APJ Abdul Kalam’s visit to Myanmar, beginning tomorrow.
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