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Articles 621 through 720 of 20008:
- Us Looks For Honourable Iraq Exit Strategy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Bush administration seems to have given up its aim of moulding Iraq into a democracy of its liking and is now looking for an honourable exit strategy, experts say.
- Digital Natives Versus Immigrants (Deccan Herald, John Naughton , Oct 30, 2006)
Multi-tasking-Today’s youngsters are technologically savvy in cyberspace which makes them feel at home at the workplace
- A Thought-Through Map On Climate (Deccan Herald, Will Hutton, Oct 30, 2006)
Environment- A route map is the need of the hour to lead us out of a crisis and save the planet from meltdown
- Golden Rule Of Gandhigiri (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 30, 2006)
Wages of rich and poor employees (including their perks) should be raised in such a manner that both multiply the economy by the same factor. Such a rule will combine economic justice with national interest.
- Lack Of Values (Times of India, Arun Maira, Oct 30, 2006)
I was at the Goa airport some months ago. Many in the lounge were puffing away even though there was a huge sign saying, 'No Smoking'.
- Sri Lankan Peace Talks: A Welcome Step (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time in eight months, members of the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came together this weekend, meeting behind closed doors in Geneva.
- Mexican Police Storm Embattled Oaxaca (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal police backed by armored vehicles and water cannons tore down barricades and stormed embattled Oaxaca on Sunday, seizing control of the city center from protesters who had held it for five months.
- Tongue Twist Of Fate (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Oct 30, 2006)
The familiar adage is that there are many Indias. Given our ancient Indic obsession with pairs of opposites, our academic and popular journals are full of bi-polar descriptions.
- Mexican Police Move To Retake Southern City (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal forces moved to take back this picturesque tourist town one cobblestone street at a time on Sunday, bashing through barricades and pushing back activists who had seized the downtown five months ago in an increasingly ugly dispute with the . . .
- At Gallaudet, Trustees Relent On Leadership (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Surrendering to months of widening and unrelenting protests by students, faculty, alumni and advocates, the board of trustees of Gallaudet University, the nation’s premier university for the deaf, abandoned its choice of the institution’s next president.
- Who Should Insure Against Terrorism? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The threat sounded ominous: Dirty bombs would be detonated at Giants Stadium and six other stadiums across the country. It would be "America's Hiroshima," causing civil war, chaos, and global economies to "screech to a halt."
- On Cloud 9 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
For the Indians, Nepal would seem like a home away from home.
- Abounding In Hidden Dangers... (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Oct 29, 2006)
The title of the book is meant to be symbolic, but the symbol that emerges is quite the contrary.
- A Night In The Jungle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Nature and some great hospitality make Casa Deep Woods an ideal weekend retreat
- For Nature-Loving Tourists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
In hindsight, this has to be one of our best Nature trails ever. Our destination, a rock pool in Madhukatta, is just a 15-minute trek into the dense jungle. That's some relief for city slickers who are not in great shape.
- Ex-Minister Booked In Land Transfer Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The state government today filed criminal cases against former state minister in the previous RJD regime Jagdanand Singh and three bureaucrats for the alleged illegal transfer of wildlife sanctuary land to a reservoir project in violation of the law . . .
- Partners In Ending Wildlife Crime (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Oct 28, 2006)
Britain is looking to strengthen bilateral ties with India to check the menace.
- Economic, Cultural Package Sought For Border Taluks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
People there are vulnerable to `cultural assault,' says `Mukhyamantri' Chandru
Appoint Cabinet-rank Minister for Kannada and Culture
Give incentives for industries set up in border areas
- Bush Enters Cheney 'Torture Row' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
US President George Bush has reiterated his position that the US administration does not condone torture, following comments by Vice President Dick Cheney.
- Robert Fisk: Mystery Of Israel's Secret Uranium Bomb (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer in the 34-day assault that cost more than 1,300 Lebanese lives, most of them civilians?
- Lithuania Suspects Russian Oil Grab (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Moscow The Russian government has never been straightforward about its plans to take control of the oil and natural gas business.
- Another Faulty Underpass (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 28, 2006)
Another underpass in Karachi has developed faults a few days after being inaugurated. It now seems that.
- Iraqis Opt For An Alternative Reality On Television (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
They play spin-the-bottle. They build barns on mountainsides and haul cargo across rivers. At home, they play happy families in a made-to-measure, ultra-modern hub of domesticity, as 24-hour cameras pick up their every move and word.
- Us Now Ranks 53rd In World Press Freedom (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The news media advocacy organization Reporters Without Borders released their fifth annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index this week, and it shows that the United States has dropped 9 places since last year, and is now ranked 53rd, alongside . . .
- Killing The Planet (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 28, 2006)
Runaway consumerism is literally eating away at the planet. The earth’s resources are being depleted faster than they can be regenerated, so much so that “large-scale ecosystem collapse” may be imminent in the foreseeable future.
- Un Envoy Pronk To Return To Sudan (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The UN envoy to Sudan is to return to Khartoum despite his recent expulsion from the country, the UN has announced.
- 'Iraqis Hit If They Forgot Nicknames' (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Iraqi prisoners allegedly abused by British soldiers in a holding centre in Basra three years ago were nicknamed after famous footballers and beaten if they could not remember them, a court martial was told yesterday.
- Nurture And Cherish Fulfilling Ties (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 28, 2006)
Half a century means nothing to Akka. Her siblings — biggies of the boardroom all — have reached that milestone. But she still treats them as though they’re her bachchas when they meet for bhai-duj.
- Disaster Alert System Launched (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
With an aim to prevent loss of lives in disasters like the December 2004 tsunami, Indian scientists have developed an alert system which would disseminate warnings to people in local languages, Hindi and English in the form of text and voice messages . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2006)
The reality has “rattled”. The Prime Minister’s accepting that “perhaps even more than external aggression we need to be concerned with internal security” amounts to more than a grim message.
- Arrested Pakistani Nationals Lived All By Themselves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The local people were unaware of their antecedents and activities
- Q&a: 'Blame Consumption Patterns For Water Crisis' (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Oct 28, 2006)
Rural India pays a heavy price to water urban India. This fact is brought out graphically in a film made by Sanjay Barnela of Moving Images, titled Village of Dust, City of Water. Barnela spoke to Narayani Ganesh in Bristol, at the Wildscreen . . .
- Spy Who Went Into The Cold (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 28, 2006)
It's a real-life James Bond story - Cold War espionage, a secret mission gone wrong, a Government cover-up. Secret documents released on October 27 under freedom of information rules show how British authorities suppressed details about the final . . .
- Kerala's Killer Fever (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 28, 2006)
The recent outbreak of chikungunya - or was the deadly fever caused by a new exotic bug yet to be identified?
- Dvac Raids Houses Of Former Ministers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Nearly 40 places searched in connection with graft cases
- Ccea Approves National Bamboo Mission (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Will cover 1.76 lakh hectare area under bamboo plantation
Envisages 50.4 million man-days of work by plantation works
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Passes Away (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
From an extra assistant commissioner to one of Pakistan’s most powerful presidents, who dismissed two democratically-elected governments, Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s eventful life spanning over 92 years came to an end here on Friday.
- Virtual Reality (Times of India, Gautam Bhatia, Oct 28, 2006)
Take the four-lane bypass near Moradabad that will one day merge with the Grand Quadrilateral a stretch of tar that curves and caresses the ground like any American expressway.
- Farmers Urge Government To Take Action Against Polluters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Kalingarayan Farmers Association has urged the Government to take action against polluters who discharge untreated effluents into the Kalingarayan canal.
- Agriculture Operations On Despite Poor Storage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
District administration takes steps to maintain water bodies
- India Proposes Fund To Acquire Clean Technologies (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
In a bid to help developing nations meet their sustainable development goals, India has suggested the establishment of a “Clean Technology Acquisition Fund,” to enable the countries access crucial technologies.
- Be Global, Be Mediocre (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 27, 2006)
Aggregate output generated by industries related to information technology, in the country, is likely to be around 35 billion dollars in the current fiscal year.
- Forest Babus Build Wall Against Science (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Oct 27, 2006)
Forest officials across India have been denying scientists access to protected wildlife reserves or demanding payment and even unethical authorship favours to permit entry, leading conservation experts have alleged.
- Annan’S Goal Of “A Larger Freedom” (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 27, 2006)
Kofi Annan became Secretary-General of the UN in 1997, placing administrative reform high on his agenda.
- Growth For All (Times of India, Maxine Olson, Oct 27, 2006)
Sixty years is an important landmark for anyone — for nations and institutions it is a time to take stock. As India enters its 60th year, development remains a crucial economic and social objective.
- China Inks Airbus Deal To Get French Weapons (Times of India, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Oct 27, 2006)
Communist China has once again demonstrated its ability to use cash to buy goodwill from different nations in the world.
- Panchayat Land Worth Rs 2500 Crore ‘Grabbed’ (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Oct 27, 2006)
In what may turn out to be one of the biggest ever land scams in this region, about 2,870 acres of land located just on the boundary of Chandigarh has been usurped by influential people reportedly in connivance with some revenue officials of Punjab.
- Orissa Industrialisation Lands In Trouble (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Oct 27, 2006)
The Naveen Patnaik Government's ambitious plans could flounder on the issue of land acquisition.
- "Climate Change Poses Profound Threat" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2006)
Fighting global warming can save the world's industrialised nations money.
- Blowing In The Wind (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 27, 2006)
There is a fragrance of change in the air — change of weather, change in the Central cabinet, even a possible change in the political mood in Uttar Pradesh!
- Major Power Aspirations (Tribune, Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd), Oct 27, 2006)
India’s gradual emergence as a rising power is being widely acknowledged the world over.
- Cpi (M) Threatens To Review Ties With Dmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Protest against poll violence in Chennai
- Taming Microsoft (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Oct 27, 2006)
Microsoft wants to muscle its way to domination of markets in areas other than operating systems and office suites.
- Disorderly Capital (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Oct 27, 2006)
For years, the ruling class has talked of good governance, but in reality it has destroyed the fabric of master planning in Delhi, says Jagmohan
- Beach-Hopping In Vizag (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
They say you find India’s best beaches in Goa. Well, not if you take into account the many resorts and shacks mushrooming on the sands there.
- What’S Nectar For Secular Us Is Toxin For Secular India! (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Oct 27, 2006)
Just a century ago, Max Weber, declared that the Hindus and Buddhists remain backward because they believed in their ancient, faulty faiths!
- The Pilgrim’S Progress (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
One of the most ancient and significant pilgrim centres in the country, Varanasi on the banks of the Ganges, is famous for its temples and ghats.
- Dalit Constituencies: (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Oct 27, 2006)
For the first time in 10 years, caste Hindus participate actively in the poll process in the four "rebel" villages.
- Campaign Tactics Veer Toward Smear (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Well, that's what the Republican challenger for his Wisconsin congressional seat, Paul R. Nelson, claims in new ads, the ones with "XXX" stamped across Kind's face.
- A Shift On Aids In South Africa (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
The South African government is seeking to shake off years of international denunciation for its handling of the AIDS epidemic -- including a fixation on the supposed protective powers of beets and lemons -- while expanding treatment, testing . . .
- Blaze In California Kills Four (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
A fast-moving, lethal wildfire, driven by powerful desert "devil winds" and set by an arsonist, consumed a fire engine crew Thursday, killing four firefighters trapped in the inferno, while threatening several hundred residents in isolated . . .
- Wasting Money In Iraq (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
When the full encyclopedia of Bush administration misfeasance in Iraq is compiled, it will have to include a lengthy section on the contracting fiascos that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars in the name of rebuilding the country.
- As Wells Dry Up, Will Mexico Privatize Oil? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Even as popular pressure grows around Latin America for a stronger state hand in developing natural resources such as oil and gas, Mexico's president-elect Felipe Calderón may be forced to consider putting more power in private hands.
- Climate Change: Economist's Warning To Blair's Cabinet (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Global warming could cost the world's economies up to 20 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP) if urgent action is not taken to stop floods, storms and natural catastrophes.
- Kuwaitis Still Getting Payouts For Damage Of 1990 Iraqi Invasion (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Fifteen years after the first Gulf War, and three years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, a UN commission is still paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to the victims of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
- D.C. Developer Acquitted Of Bribery Charges (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Douglas Jemal, one of Washington's most prominent developers, was acquitted yesterday of charges that he bribed a city official to get sweetheart contracts and inflated profits at taxpayers' expense.
- German Connection (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
The books under review showcase the reshaping and re-centring of the long tradition of German Indology.
- An Indian Vision (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 27, 2006)
To realise a sustained 9 per cent growth rate, infrastructure, agriculture and education must improve.
- Bush Signs U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Bill (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
President Bush wanted an exchange of workers with Mexico to bring order to the border, but wound up signing a law Thursday that approves partitioning 700 miles of the United States from its southern neighbor.
- Scripting Success (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 26, 2006)
Tata Steel's $8.1 billion takeover of Corus, the British-Dutch conglomerate, marks the biggest foreign investment by an Indian company ever.
- What Is Good For China Is Good For Us (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 26, 2006)
This is a humble attempt to analyse the recent changes in the approach of the CPI-M in line with that of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
- New Urban Housing Policy Has 'Quota Clause' For Poor (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Oct 26, 2006)
The Centre's new National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy-2006 favours 20 to 25 per cent 'quota' for the urban poor in every public and private housing colony being developed in the country.
- 'N-Deal Key Element In Non-Proliferation Policy' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
The US views the civilian nuclear deal with India as a key element of a comprehensive policy to strengthen the global non-proliferation regime in the context of North Korea's nuclear explosion.
- Sezs Are Welcome (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2006)
Right action, yet the delayed one! Mrs Sonia Ghandi struck the right note at a Congress conclave in expressing her anguish and debarring the acquisition of fertile productive land of farmers for setting up special economic zones.
- Parochial Freedoms (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 26, 2006)
In the latest issue of The Economist, the columnist Charlemagne (named, appropriately enough, after the fiercely Christian 8th-century king who defined the frontiers of Western Europe) argued against formal restrictions on free speech.
- What’S In A Name? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2006)
We are not born with any name; our name is an after-birth phenomenon and once it is attached to us it sticks. The name is like a fabric — soft and silky. It is also a mirror of personality. Man is mortal but name is not.
- Raid Reveals Us N-Lab Breach (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
A drug bust at a trailer park in New Mexico turned up what appeared to be classified documents taken from the Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory, authorities said on Tuesday.
- Platform For Progress (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 26, 2006)
Railway minister Lalu Prasad should get the green signal for favouring private investment in the Railways. In fact, his ministry has already awarded licences to 14 companies to run freight trains, mopping up a licence fee of Rs 450 crore.
- At Last (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2006)
It will remain a mystery why it took the prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, ten months to appoint a foreign minister.
- No Plans To Divert Brahmaputra: China (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
China has denied media reports that it was planning to divert waters of Brahmaputra river to its Yellow river to feed the parched northern regions.
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