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- Defiance May Make Him Ineffective, Force Military To Rethink Its Options (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 05, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf may not call it so but his proclamation to suspend Pakistan’s constitution in his capacity as Chief of Army Staff on Saturday amounted to a declaration of martial law. Pakistanis are used to their army taking over . .. . . . .
- Blow To Ltte (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 05, 2007)
The death of LTTE’s political wing head S P Tamilselvan in a Sri Lankan air raid in Killinochi in the north is a deadly blow to the rebel outfit.
- Debating Points (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The CPI(M) has announced that it is set for a debate, but not voting. But what will its argument be based on?
- Tiny Device, Big Hope (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Most radiation and drug therapies used to treat cancers have serious side effects, as they kill useful cells too.
- To Err Isn't Humane (Pioneer, YP GUPTA, Nov 05, 2007)
Fabrication of research data has become a widespread practice in different parts of the world as an unethical short-cut to quick fame and success.
- Wages Of Zombie Rule (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
At the risk of sounding facile, I would hazard the suggestion that while the political class has discounted the India-US nuclear non-agreement, the middle classes have become bored silly by the prevarication and brinkmanship surrounding it.
- Intelligence And Accountability (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Nov 05, 2007)
A retired middle-level officer in the country's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, has published a book quite critical of the R&AW's functioning.
- No Support To N-Deal Unless Hyde Act Is Changed: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The BJP on Sunday ruled out its support to the Indo-US nuclear deal unless it is amended along with Americas Hyde Act and insisted that bilateral relations will be completely ruined if the agreement goes through.
- Yielding To Beijing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The UPA government’s decision to bar its ministers and officials from attending a felicitation of the Dalai Lama in the Capital last week reinforces the growing perception that the Congress Party does not even pretend any more . . . . . .
- Ltte Chief Vows To Continue ‘Liberation Struggle’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Vowing to continue the “liberation struggle” despite the death of LTTE’s political head S P Thamilselvan in an aerial raid, Tamil Tigers’ elusive supremo V Prabhakaran has said Sri Lankan security forces “cruelly killed the peace dove . . . . .
- Tax Avoidance And Transfer Pricing Law (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Nov 03, 2007)
There is no requirement to establish tax evasion before initiation of proceedings for determination of arm’s length price.
- Supreme Court And President Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Justice Mr Javed Iqbal, heading the 11-member Supreme Court bench hearing petitions challenging President General Pervez Musharraf’s candidature for the office of president, has observed in the court that threats of martial law or . . . . .
- ‘India Only Waiting For Pakistan To Open Mumbai Consulate’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
India was ready to re-open its consulate in Karachi tomorrow if possible, and had been ready since Jan 2006, but it was waiting for the Pakistani authorities to find land in Mumbai for their consulate, said Deputy High Commissioner Manpreet Vohra Thursday
- The Questions Remain Unanswered (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 03, 2007)
Several days after the arrest of a few French and Spanish peopleand two Chadians on charges of kidnapping 103 childrenfrom Chad, the mystery remains unresolved.
- Martial Law Not Acceptable: Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Nov 03, 2007)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that the United States opposed any move by President General Pervez Musharraf to impose martial law and Pakistan must proceed with elections next year.
- Calamity Of Iraq Has Not Even Brought Cheap Oil (Hindu, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Nov 03, 2007)
We knew the war was built on lies — but to have increased petrol prices as well as terror will surely seal history’s verdict.
- A Bird’S-Eye View (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
What began as a book on birds at the Indian International Centre (IIC) grew into “Garden Birds of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur”.
- Master Of All Trades (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
He started writing as an asthmatic child at the age of eleven. He is the popular columnist and acclaimed author of 10 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
- Us Consulting Firm Makes Out Case For Fdi In Commodity Bourses (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Even as the country’s policymakers are mulling whether or not to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in commodity futures exchanges, comes a report from Financial Markets International (FMI) making out a case for allowing foreign . . . . .
- New Life For Doha Round (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2007)
Given the track record of the six year old Doha development round of trade talks, it seems premature to visualise progress let alone a breakthrough in the talks that have been going on in Geneva among diplomats and trade negotiators of the . . . .
- Warming Up To Climate Change (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 03, 2007)
The Peace Nobel for Mr Al Gore, former US Vice-President, and Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), brings together the narrator of an “inconvenient truth” and a “climate warrior” on an important platform.
- Air Still Going Into China's Bubble (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
BLOWING bubbles is fun, until you have to scrape the gum off your face.
- Ninety Years After Balfour (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Nov 03, 2007)
NINETY years ago this month, a British diplomat wrote a letter that has since then been the single biggest cause of political instability, massacres and wars in the Middle East.
- Top Ltte Leader Killed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Sri Lankan fighter jets pounded a meeting of top rebel leaders in Kilinochchi early today killing the head of the Tamil Tigers’ political wing and five others in an attack seen as a major victory for the government in its long fight with the guerrillas.
- Iran: Usa For Tougher Sanctions (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
US undersecretary of state Mr Nicholas Burns will press for a hardening of UN sanctions against Iran during talks in London today on Teheran's disputed nuclear program.
- Upa Took 2 Yrs For 123, Give Us Some Time: Cpm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said today that the crisis caused in its relations with the Congress-led UPA government over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal would be “resolved soon.”
- Back To The Beginning? (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 03, 2007)
Confusion about what the coming days could bring can be gauged from Benazir Bhutto’s travel schedule. The News (November 1) reported that at a “hastily-arranged press conference in Karachi on Wednesday, she said she had postponed plans to visit . . . .
- Serious Challenge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The alarming rise in global crude oil price is increasingly emerging as a matter of concern for oil importing developing countries like India.
- Thamilselvan Killed In Lankan Raid (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Nov 03, 2007)
Head of political wing head of the Tamil Tigers S P Thamilselvan has been killed along with five other rebels in an aerial raid by the Sri Lankan Air Force supersonic jets on Friday morning, the Tigers said in a statement.
- N Korea Needs To Do More, Says Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
North Korea must prove it is not engaged in terrorism before it will be removed from Washington's blacklist of states sponsoring terrorism, a top US diplomat said Friday.
- Tamil Tigers Leader Killed In Sri Lankan Air Strike (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The public face of the Tamil Tigers, one of the world's most deadly rebel militias, was killed yesterday in a Sri Lankan air raid - prompting analysts to warn of a dangerous "spiral into full-scale war" on the Indian Ocean island.
- Ltte's Political Wing Head Killed (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Nov 03, 2007)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Friday lost one of its top chiefs and public face for the now-defunct peace process, when its political wing leader SP Tamilselvan was killed in a precision air strike in the heart of . . . . .
- Thamilchelvan Killed In Air Raid (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 03, 2007)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s “Political Division” chief Thamilchelvan was killed on Friday in an attack by the Sri Lanka Air Force on Kilinochchi, Tigers’ administrative headquarters.
- Cross-Border Support To Kashmir Militants Continuing, Says Antony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Cross-border support to militants operating in Kashmir is continuing unabated, despite the ceasefire on the India-Pakistan border, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here on Friday.
- Baghdad: “I Only Know Of One Duty. That Is To Love” (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2007)
The tragedy of Iraq’s people seems to beof little consequence to its phantom government and self-serving elites,to its self-interested neighbours andits uncomprehending occupiers.
- Thamilchelvan Was Involved In Many Attacks: Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 03, 2007)
The Air Force on Friday said it carried two raids targeting the “gathering of LTTE leaders” and a base of the suicide squad also known as Black Tigers.
- Moscow’S Red Carpet For Pm Has A Wrinkle (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 03, 2007)
First, the Russian Foreign Minister was “too busy” to meet External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, then Mukherjee was frisked at the Moscow airport on his way back.
- It’S India Time, Folks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
When I came to India in September, the immigration official while checking my passport asked me about the book I was carrying. And then went on to ask if it was good.
- Aung San Suu Kyi And India (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 03, 2007)
The light that emanates fromSuu Kyi shines all over Myanmar and the freedom loving people of the world.
- Stay Away From Uncle Sam's Cabin (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Cheerleaders of the India-US nuclear deal betray their innocence of the trap Washington is leading India into.
- 30 Lost Years (Pioneer, Harinder Sekhon, Nov 03, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance that it's 'not the end of the road' for the nuclear deal does little to soothe the anguish felt over the frittering of the gains of three decades of diplomacy to end India's nuclear isolation.
- Take States Into Confidence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement has generated enough heat to put a question mark on the stability of the UPA Government. It has raised an important issue: Should foreign policy be federalised, or should the power to . . . . .
- Strike By Pia Engg Cripple Pak Air Traffic (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Hundreds of people were stranded at airports across the country on Friday as state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cancelled almost all domestic and international flights following a strike by engineers seeking a salary hike.
- Ring For The Butler (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 03, 2007)
George Orwell describes somewhere the bustling arrival at a dak bungalow in Burma of a Burmese official of modest rank.
- Congress Eyes Gujarat, Evades Fuel Price Hike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
In the season of tough electoral battles against a street-smart Narendra Modi in Gujarat, the Congress on Friday put its foot down on the issue of oil prices.
- Top Ltte Leader, 5 Others Killed In Lankan Air Strike (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Sri Lanka struck a major blow against the Tamil Tigers on Friday, killing the rebels’ political chief and top peace negotiator in a surgical government air strike.
- Koirala Wants Election At The Earliest (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday said that the ongoing special session of the parliament should immediately finalise the new date of Constituent Assembly election.
- Russia Finalises Claim On Arctic (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Moscow has finalised its legal claim to annex 1.2-million square kilometres of resource-rich Arctic wilderness, and will send its final petition to the United Nations next month, the Russian government has announced.
- India's Oil Majors In Global (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Given runaway international crude oil prices, India's top energy firms are gearing up massive expansion and exploration plans both at home and abroad.
- Global Positioning (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 03, 2007)
A recent issue of a news magazine proclaimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s volte face on the nuclear deal had destroyed his credibility.
- Hillary Advocates 'Augmented' Indian Role In Un (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 03, 2007)
Senator Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for the '08 US presidential race, favours giving India an "augmented voice" in the United Nations and other major institutions, given the country's "special significance both as an emerging . . . .
- Pak Sc To Take Up Petitions Against Musharraf (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Pakistani Supreme Court decided on Friday to resume hearings on the validity of General Pervez Musharraf's election as President.
- No Mid-Term Polls: Prakash Karat (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The country would not have to face mid-term polls in the immediate future, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said on Friday, clarifying at the same time that the Left parties don’t want the UPA government to go to the International Atomic . . . .
- Circle Of Unreason (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2007)
CPM boss Prakash Karat’s latest exposition on Indo-US relations has at least one merit.
- Mps Pull Up Ronen Over Language (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 03, 2007)
India’s ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen was grilled on Friday by the privileges committee of the Rajya Sabha that admonished him for using language that was not compatible with his stature.
- India Needs To Learn From China How To Boost Tourism (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Nov 03, 2007)
Among the many refresher courses India needs to borrow from China, tourism diplomacy must certainly rank high. Aggressively promoting some of its "least developed" destinations in western and southern China as part of its policy to open up to . . . .
- Public Face Of The Tamil Tigers (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
SP Thamilselvan - who died in a Sri Lankan air force raid on Friday morning - is the most senior Tamil Tiger leader to have been killed in recent years.
- The Fall Of Dhaka (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Nov 03, 2007)
Autumn, or fall, as the Americans call it, is one of the best times to be in Dhaka. Not this fall though. Visiting the resilient Bangladesh capital, with its teeming, upwardly mobile middle class in late October, twice, in a span of two . . . .
- Debating Points (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 03, 2007)
The CPI(M) has announced that it is set for a debate, but not voting. But what will its argument be based on?
- India's Wild Tiger Population Drops (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Indian government wants to recruit retired soldiers to patrol tiger sanctuaries in the hopes of saving the last of the cats after an official report confirmed a drastic drop in wild tiger numbers.
- Tamil Tiger No 2 Killed In Government Air Raid (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Tamil Tigers’ political chief and number two in command was killed yesterday in an air force raid, dashing hopes for a quick end to the resurgent conflict in Sri Lanka.
- Let's Stop Talking Like Brats (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 03, 2007)
In the old joke, a man comes across a boy looking resentfully at a half-eaten watermelon. "What's the matter, son?", asks the man. "Too much watermelon?"
- Coming Up: Floor Test (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Nov 03, 2007)
The suggested parliamentary debate on the 123 agreement will be among the most important discussions held in Parliament in Independent India. It will be a test for all political parties in terms of their approach to India’s national interest.
- Bad English Is Not Inglish (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 03, 2007)
MY friend Janet Caleb, a Britisher who married an Indian and is settled in Himachal Pradesh, showed me a letter when I met her the first time. The great-great grandson of a person who ruled India wrote it.
- Senior Tamil Tiger Leader Killed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
A senior leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels has been killed in a government air raid, the rebels say.
- Germany’S India Focus (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2007)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s announcement of a shift in her government’s Asia policy towards New Delhi — ahead of the just concluded state visit — should set the tone for the future of bilateral ties, already underpinned by the 2006 . . . .
- Western Textile Importers Plan Boycott (Hindu, BATUK GATHANI, Nov 02, 2007)
Action likely against manufacturers violating child labour norms
Western clothing retailers are worried about their customers imposing voluntary boycott
Other Asian supply chains in Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Philippines are also under the scanner
- A Consequential Visit (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 02, 2007)
The timing of Sonia Gandhi's visit to China is important. The UPA Government is facing the Left's opposition to the nuclear deal. And on the international front, China remains non-committal on the agreement, which needs IAEA's and NSG's approval
- Oil Prices Put Govt On A Sticky Wicket (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The relentless drive of international crude oil prices towards the $100 mark — with the price topping $96 a barrel in the US market on Thursday — has put the government in a tight spot as it finds it difficult to take a politically . . . . . .
- Maya Versus Mafia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
In introducing a Bill to check organised crime in her state -- when passed, it will be called the Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (UPCOCA) -- Chief Minister Mayawati has taken a step towards fulfilling a key election promise.
- Russia, China Have Blocked Tough Iran Sanctions: Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A senior US official said on Thursday Russia and China had been blocking tough UN sanctions against Iran for months but there would be a push to impose them if Tehran had not suspended nuclear activity within two weeks.
- Roadblocks For Cruise Liners At Vizhinjam Tourism Trail (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Nov 02, 2007)
Lack of basic infrastructure facilities in the Vizhinjam harbour is turning to be a major hurdle for luxury cruise liners arriving with holidayers from around the world to visit the tourist spots in and around the capital.
- Skirting The Border (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The latest Communist Party of China Congress saw Hu Jintao emerge for his second five-year term as a stronger leader.
- Meltdown? Consensus Possible, Says Cpi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
After praising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s integrity, the CPI today did not rule out the possibility of consensus on the Indo-US nuclear deal and said it depends on what action the government takes.
- Rice Visits Turkey In Bid To Avoid Strike In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Turkey on Friday in a bid to dissuade Ankara from launching a cross-border military strike against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
- Global Positioning (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A recent issue of a news magazine proclaimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s volte face on the nuclear deal had destroyed his credibility.
- Suu Kyi’S Sunny Days (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Not many Indians are aware that the Burmese prisoner of conscience and Nobel Laureate has close Indian connections.
- Nod For Marketing And Export Promotion Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday approved a centrally sponsored marketing and export promotion scheme worth Rs. 230 crore. It also decided to fix the minimum support price (MSP) for cotton on the basis of quality.
- Stalled Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 02, 2007)
There is a clear and wide gap between America's official and private reaction to the stalling of the Indo-US nuclear deal primarily because of domestic political discord in India and the reluctance of the Congress-led ruling coalition . . . . .
- Aircraft Stranded On Runway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
An A-320 aircraft of Indian coming from Male was stranded on the runway of the Thiruvananthapuram international airport for 39 minutes after smoke billowed out of an engine of the aircraft while landing on Tuesday.
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