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Articles 20121 through 20220 of 26861:
- German Polls: A Rough Battle (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 31, 2005)
IT looks set to be a long and very hot summer for German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his conservative opposition rival Angela Merkel. With only six weeks to go before German national elections set for September 18, the country’s two top . . .
- Spin On Education (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2005)
The scathing indictment of erstwhile district nazims by the Punjab education minister,
- Tn Seeks Aid For Tirupur Dyeing Units (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2005)
The Tamil Nadu Government has sought the Centre's assistance to support the dyeing units in Tirupur to set up effluent treatment facilities.
- Shut Public Schools (Times of India, HIMANI DALMIA, Jul 29, 2005)
Public education is considered an evolution away from home-schooling towards what historian David Tyack calls 'democracy in education and education in democracy'.
- The Blair Truth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2005)
Sooner or later it was bound to come up in the public realm, this whole business of what the image makeovers of our politicians is costing the taxpayer.
- The Colour Of Terror (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Jul 28, 2005)
When VS Naipaul first went to live in England he could not shake off the sense that he was, because of the obviously alien colour of his skin, intruding into the space of the other; his presence was its own apology.
- Ruled By The Nominee (Indian Express, T V R Shenoy, Jul 28, 2005)
When Vijayalakshmi Pandit arrived in August 1947 to take up her post as India’s first ambassador in Moscow,
- Ukraine’S ‘orange Revolution’ (Tribune, Mary Dejevsky, Jul 27, 2005)
Revolutions are dangerous things, even when they are peaceful and bathed in an orange glow. Six months after Viktor Yushchenko’s inauguration as democratically elected president of Ukraine, his government seems to have lost much of its early sense of. . .
- I Said What Jinnah Envisaged, Says Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2005)
Wanted to remind Pakistan people of secularism suggested by Jinnah
- Will East Meet West In Myanmar? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2005)
No one is taking the country seriously enough
- The Iconic Motabhai (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jul 26, 2005)
.G. Patel’s passing removes an entire generation I looked up to. He was a close friend of Mahendra, my elder brother,
- Bonhomie In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 26, 2005)
The bonhomie witnessed during Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to Kabul cannot hide the tension in Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan.
- Audit The Political Class As Well (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 26, 2005)
It is time to try and solve the mystery of how almost all our leaders end up being very rich men and women
- Arbitrary & Unwarranted (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 26, 2005)
The bonhomie witnessed during Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to Kabul cannot hide the tension in Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan.
- President’S Rule Extended In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2005)
The President’s Rule which was imposed on March 7 has been extended by another six months by the Cabinet.
- The Source Of Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Naima Bouteldja, Jul 25, 2005)
Portraying Muslim scholars such as Yusuf al-Qaradawi and even Tariq Ramadan as extremists is dangerous
- Change On The Way (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 25, 2005)
Germans refer to their country’s reunification in 1990 simply as die Wende — the change.
- What The Leaders Must Do (Hindu, Shahid Malik , Jul 25, 2005)
Isolated young men must join the mainstream
- Where Parties Are At (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2005)
This parliamentary session is a defining moment for government and opposition
- Power Shift (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 25, 2005)
Iran-Iraq rapprochement is changing Gulf geopolitics
- Cultural Cousins` (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jul 25, 2005)
We may have many colonial cousins because of the British, but with no other country on the planet do we have such ancient and abiding cultural ties as with Iran.
- What Does Nuclear Bargain With Us Entail? ` (Deccan Herald, Jasjit Singh, Jul 25, 2005)
If we do not separate the civilian nuclear facilities from those related to defence, international cooperation will remain a non-starter.
- Women Talk Of Rights (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jul 25, 2005)
Shobha De ko gussa kyon atta hai? A recent event organised to discuss women’s issues by FICCI ladies went completely astray as the moderator Shivani Wazir introduced panelist Shobha and asked the author to please tell them how she stayed so fit.
- Indecent Proposal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2005)
Marrying the personal to the political has been carried too far by the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat.
- Extremism: Causes And Consequences (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jul 24, 2005)
THE terrible bomb blasts in London, now described as 7/7, coming in the wake of 9/11, the Bali carnage and Madrid bombings, have once again brought into focus the hard fact that terrorism today is the single most threat to peace and stability of nations a
- A Dreadful State Of Mind (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 24, 2005)
EVER since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC (9/11), many commentators have argued that terrorism will not go away until its underlying causes are identified and removed. General Musharraf has repeatedly made this argument.
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 24, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting.
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 24, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House.
- Leak Riddle: Who's Playing Whom? (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 24, 2005)
Judith Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who now wears a brown and green prison jumpsuit, will soon enter her third week in a jail cell just a few miles from the White House where administration officials suspected of leaking clas
- Selling Evil Without A Cause (Japan Times, GREGORY CLARK, Jul 24, 2005)
If British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants to prevent more London bombings, he needs to come up with some better arguments to condemn Islamic militancy.
- Surpluses And Luck (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 24, 2005)
LIKE SOME OTHER immodest governors nationwide who are benefiting from a surge in state tax collections, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) is claiming credit for Maryland's revenue windfall, suggesting it is the product of his administration's shrewd fiscal s
- Extremists And State Power (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jul 24, 2005)
PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan hit the nail on the head when he said the other day that terror would not end till the governments stop using extremism as a tool of power.
- End Of The 'Calm' For Israel, Palestinians (Japan Times, GWYNNE DYER, Jul 24, 2005)
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called for a "period of calm" when he took over the late Yasser Arafat's job in January, and for a while some people allowed themselves to believe that peace was within reach. But that delusion depended on the belief that
- Championing The Cause Of Environment (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 24, 2005)
Known as one of the top five most powerful persons in Asia and recipient of the Time “Environment Hero Award”, Dr Vandana Shiva now aspires to get a Nobel Peace Prize.
- Bangla Poll Panel Invites Party Leaders For Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
The main Opposition parties are critical of the CEC intentions and are not sure if they would attend the meeting called by him.
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pakistan Observer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 23, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting. As the Finance Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao Cabinet, he had acquired some insight into the complex US mindset.
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 23, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House. I recall scribes accompanying Rajiv Gandhi to the Reagan White House in 1985 ridiculing me when I urged a degre
- We Agree With President (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2005)
DURING his comprehensive address to the nation on Thursday, President Pervez Musharraf covered a number of subjects having a bearing on internal situation, external relations, Pakistan’s image and its economic future.
- `Talibanisation' Bid In A Pakistan Province (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 23, 2005)
The NWFP Assembly's passing of the Habra Bill, seeking to enforce adherence to Islamic laws, has caused ripples in Pakistani society
- Nuclear Threats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has raised a significant question vis-à-vis Pakistan’s nuclear assets.
- New Alignments In Nepal? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2005)
The possibility of an alliance between Nepal's political parties and the Maoists brings fresh hope of an end to the illegal and unconstitutional rule of King Gyanendra.
- The Sen Prescription (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 23, 2005)
I REMEMBERED the most argumentative Indian I ever met when I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian*. He was a train passenger who, unmindful of a towel on a seat, occupied it.
- Spaniard And Indian (Telegraph, B.T. Ranadive, Jul 23, 2005)
In 1977, Left Fronts dominated by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) came to power in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. A year later, the CPI(M) leader, B.T. Ranadive, wrote a pungent critique of the parliamentary path to socialism. This took the
- Understanding A Controversial Legislation (Hindu, M.S. Prabhakara, Jul 23, 2005)
While admitting the opportunism that went into the making of the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983, the political circumstances that had made it necessary at that point of time cannot be ignored.
- Reprieve For Chandy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 22, 2005)
The outcome of the no-confidence motion moved by the CPM-led opposition against the Oommen Chandy government in Kerala was a foregone conclusion, given the numerical superiority enjoyed by the ruling United Democratic Front.
- 'Ultras May Seize Pak N Bomb' (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 22, 2005)
Dr Singh said India had to fall back on a nuclear programme in view of reckless proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in its neighbourhood.
- Trinamool To Expose Left Tactics (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 22, 2005)
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee flayed the Left for poll malpractices and vowed to restore electoral democracy in West Bengal.
- Sorry Sir, That’S Not My Table (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Jul 22, 2005)
Mugabe has become a caricature of an African ruler who gets his way through state-sponsored torture. How can we play cricket there?
- Insurgency Turns Communal (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 22, 2005)
Sunnis are now convinced the Shias intend to transform Iraq into a Shia theocracy by imposing Shia clerics, religious forms, political ideologies, and social mores on the entire populace.
- Sc Sets Aside Election Of Cong Mla (Deccan Herald, DH news, Jul 22, 2005)
The Supreme Court has taken serious note of an interpolation (insertion) made by a Returning Officer (RO) on the nomination paper of a BJP candidate, quashing the election of a Congress MLA Surendra Singh Negi in Uttaranchal.
- Another Embarrassment For Blair (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 21, 2005)
British Intelligence experts warned how the war in Iraq was boosting “terrorist related activity in the UK” weeks before the July 7 London bombings that killed more than 50 and wounded another 700.
- A Relook At Defence Agreement (Tribune, N. Kunju, Jul 21, 2005)
THIS refers to “Mission to Washington” by Mr H.K. Dua (July 5). The 10-year agreement on defence and military affairs regarding future collaboration between India and the US signed by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherji has, ironically, been hailed by the op
- One Man’S Unreason (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jul 21, 2005)
asks why the CPI(M) must keep yielding ground to Subash Ghisingh, since his demands are always wanting in logic
- Monetary Policy Making — Transparency Under The Scanner (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jul 21, 2005)
Though not an institutional arrangement like the UK's Monetary Policy Committee that guides and chalks out the policy and influences expectations, the Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy, set up by the RBI, will hopefully act as a catalyst for
- Silent Night (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2005)
It may now be possible for citizens of India to sleep peacefully at night without being disturbed by blaring music from a neighbour’s stereo or loudspeakers screeching bhajans at the local jagran.
- A New Fusion (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
COMING AS IT does on top of the Defence Framework Agreement signed by the two countries, the joint statement issued during the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US may perhaps reinforce a perception that New Delhi and Washington are embarke
- Sticking-Plaster Attitude That Gives Law Additional Layers Of Complexity (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 21, 2005)
THE site of Edinburgh Castle was occupied as early as 900 BC, informs www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk.
- No Madrasa Link To London Attacks (Hindu, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
COLIN POWELL and Donald Rumsfeld were not known for their close agreement on matters of foreign policy, but one thing that they were united upon was the threat posed by Pakistan's madrasas.
- A Meaningless Victory For Chandy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2005)
The United Democratic Front Government in Kerala has won the no-confidence vote quite comfortably, by 82 to 46, but the ruling coalition members showed no sign that they were ready for the Assembly election next year.
- A Largely Bourgeois Endeavour (Deccan Herald, William Dalrymple, Jul 21, 2005)
Al Qaeda-type terrorists are not the type who seek out madrasas. Most of them are highly educated
- Sunni-Shia Relations Hit Rock Bottom In Iraq (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 21, 2005)
The National Dialogue Council has opted out of Iraq’s constitutional commission after the killing of two of its members.
- Black Mark Against The White House (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 21, 2005)
AS American presidential scandals go, it doesn’t seem like much. Although the liberally inclined sections of the press in the United States have been parading the inevitable comparisons — Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, Monica Lewinsky — the hype does
- Another Lesson (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2005)
Sudden changes of tune invariably hide a twisted tale. The government of West Bengal has decided that it will not support the establishment of any more madrasahs in the state.
- More Trouble In Southern Thailand (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 21, 2005)
The situation in southern Thailand continues to deteriorate. A series of recent attacks indicate a troubling new sophistication by the Islamic insurgents there. The government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has responded with legislation that gives
- Defacing The Basic Law (Dawn, Khalid Jawed Khan, Jul 21, 2005)
IN its recent judgment on the issue of General Musharaff’s uniformed presidency and the 17th Constitutional Amendment, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional amendment as well as another act, 2004, which empowers General Musharaff to continue to hold
- "Russia Wants Widest Possible Agreement On U.N. Security Council Expansion" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 21, 2005)
The Russians have been very circumspect on the issue of expanding the United Nations Security Council.Andrei Denisov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, provides written responses to questions sent earlier.
- A New Nuclear Era (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 21, 2005)
THE Bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday’s about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such. By declaring that it would help India build nuclear power plants and import advanced weapons, the administration has made good on it
- Hope On The Horizon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 21, 2005)
The agreement might bring peace to the people of the civil war-torn Aceh
- Japan Links G-4 Campaign To U.N. Millennium Goals (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 21, 2005)
Japan, which is partnering India in their ongoing efforts to become permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, has said that the issue, if left unresolved, might only impair the planned global summit on the Millennium Development Goals
- Trust In Us (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 21, 2005)
Christopher Columbus, as Mr Manmohan Singh reminded his audience in Washington, came upon America thinking he had landed in India. But it has taken India more than five decades of deliberation to discover the United States of America.
- Plastics And Male Babies (Hindu, Ian Sample , Jul 21, 2005)
SCIENTISTS IN America have found the first evidence that common chemicals used in products as diverse as cosmetics, toys, cling film and plastic bags may harm the development of unborn baby boys.
- American Idol (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 21, 2005)
In the 1950s, the British people did not know that there was a new country called Pakistan. They were shocked into its existence after Fazal Mahmood, the great bowler, almost single-handedly defeated England at the Oval with his unplayable leg cutters.
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- There"s No Place For Intolerance & Western Violence (Deccan Herald, Hanif Kureishi , Jul 20, 2005)
If we need to ensure that what we call “civilisation” retains its own critical position towards violence, religious groups have to purge themselves of their own intolerant and deeply authoritarian aspects.
- In Awe Of The White Man's Burden (Times of India, Partha Chateerjee, Jul 19, 2005)
The British built abridged institutions, Mr Singh
- Asian Ecumenism (Hindu, FELIX WILFRED, Jul 19, 2005)
History of Asian ecumenism which has acquired its own identity and vibrancy
- No Compromise On Democracy (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Jul 19, 2005)
Elite pacts or deals are an accepted feature of transitional politics. The most widely used definition is an explicit though not public agreement between authoritarian elites and the democratic opposition that determines the basic rules of a transition to
- Politicisation Of Culture (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jul 19, 2005)
The door on which a great part of this volume hangs is the rise of Hindu nationalism and what it entails in our understanding of India and Indian politics
- Dharam Not A Weak Cm: Gowda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2005)
JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda on Monday remarked that N Dharam Singh is not a “weak chief minister”.
- Can L.K. Advani Do A V.P. Singh? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 19, 2005)
Facing the biggest crisis of his political career because of an attempt to bring about a paradigm shift in the saffron forces, there are very few options left for L.K. Advani today.
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