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Articles 721 through 820 of 20587:
- Peace At Cross Purposes (Indian Express, N. MANOHARAN , Oct 27, 2006)
Amidst continuing violence the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE are set to meet in Geneva on 28-29 October 2006 after nearly eight months. Both sides announced their respective delegations and laid out their focus, if not clear-cut . . .
- Open Door To Errata (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 27, 2006)
On a university trying to make a name for itself in the newspapers.
- Ambitious But Achievable Targets (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2006)
The target of 10 per cent growth by 2012 set by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while presiding over the meeting of the Planning Commission on the approach paper to the Eleventh Plan, is certainly unprecedented.
- Can Vietnam Stave Off Bird Flu? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Oct 27, 2006)
The question is whether Vietnam's strategy of vaccinating all poultry can stop the virus from establishing itself again within the country. Besides, vaccination is not without its risks.
- Cm Son, Hotel Staff Rumble In The Night (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
In a political and personal embarrassment to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, his 19-year-old son, Nikhil Gowda, along with his two friends, was allegedly involved in a brawl with a City hotel staff in the wee hours of Thursday.
- 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!
- 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
- Pm Fears Report On Muslimswill Be Explosive (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not given time to Justice Rajinder Sachar (Retired), who had reportedly asked for an appointment to discuss the findings of the committee appointed last March to look into the social, economic and educational . . .
- 4 Soldiers Die, 25 Hurt In Mishap (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Four Army personnel were killed and 25 others, including 19 Army jawans, injured in an accident on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway this morning.
- Cracking Japan's Generics Market Code (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 27, 2006)
Indian generic makers have traditionally looked west — to the US and Europe — for new markets. But those markets are becoming less attractive: with generic penetration already high, competition is intense.
- Micro-Credit Has Not Made Any Macro Impact (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Oct 27, 2006)
Despite the progress made by the micro-finance movement over the past decade, at the macro level, the sector has not been able to make much of an impact.
- Hiv Positive Cases On Rise In Bihar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
HIV/AIDS positive cases have suddenly started to hit the headlines in Bihar in the wake of the detection of six HIV positive involving police constables, sans DIG rank officials.
- Grave Matters (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 27, 2006)
As tomb tourism takes on a life all of its own, it's time to get rid of all the graves. They're a shocking waste of precious real estate in urban areas.
- Fdi: Will India Edge Out China? (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 27, 2006)
China may have overtaken India in macroeconomic parameters, but in terms of micro-economic indicators India is ahead.
- 'The Grameen Bank Won It' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
When Bangladeshi economist Dr Muhammad Yunus, popularly known as the "banker to the poor", began to think of ways to change the financial status of the poor in the impoverished village of Jobra in Bangladesh, little did he or the villagers know that they
- Mayhem In Chennai (OutLook, T.S. Subramanian, Oct 27, 2006)
The Municipal Corporation Council elections are marred by violence and rigging on an unprecedented scale.
- Hewitt Calls For Increase In Tax On Alcohol To Curb Binge Drinking (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
The Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has called for a substantial increase in the tax on alcohol to discourage binge drinking by teenagers.
- 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.
- Trouble Sealing Egypt-Gaza Border (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Just under a year ago, Middle East peacebrokers reached what was heralded as a relative breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate: an agreement on border crossings in and out of the Gaza Strip.
- Aids Awareness Falling By The Wayside (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
Chizuko Ikegami believes that spreading the word on HIV/AIDS prevention is similar to teaching children the importance of brushing their teeth; it must be restated again and again to make one understand how imperative it is.
- The New Face Of The Future (Deccan Herald, Sarah Boseley, Oct 27, 2006)
ANALYSIS- The debate on a full face transplant touches on ethics, risks and outcomes
- Wonderful Peace (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2006)
Not so long ago, Elders’ Day was observed all over the world. In India, and particularly in Bangalore, meaningful programmes were organised.
- India Abolishes Husbands' 'Right' To Rape Wife (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
For the first time, women in India have legal protection against abuse in their own homes under a law which came into force yesterday. It is the first time Indian law has recognised marital rape, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse of a woman by . . .
- 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.
- Abe To Play Hardball With Soft Education System (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2006)
This is the first of a three-part series examining expected changes in three areas -- education, gender-equality and media -- under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took office a month ago.
- Nato 'Killed 85 Civilians' (Times Online (UK), Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 27, 2006)
“What do you foreigners think you are doing?” an angry doctor demanded of me as three boys, all wounded by shrapnel, were wheeled into Mirawais hospital in Kandahar.
- 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.
- Uk Okay With Full-Face Transplants (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
An ethics panel on Wednesday approved a London hospital's plan to carry out full-face transplants, but no candidates for the surgery have yet been identified, a spokesman said.
- 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.
- Another Medical College (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2006)
Four months ahead of the assembly elections, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced an Id gift — a medical college for Punjab’s Muslim-dominated town of Malerkotla.
- Terror Scare: Cellphone Recovered From Inmate In Jammu Jail (Times of India, Vineetha Mokkil, Oct 26, 2006)
It's a frightening discovery. That terror attacks may have been planned and coordinated from the state's most guarded prison which houses some of the most dreaded terrorists and Pakistani mercenaries.
- Ril Refinery Blaze May Hit Lpg Supplies (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
A major blaze at the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries' Jamnagar petrochem complex on Wednesday led to the closure of one of the two crude processing units at the world's third-largest refinery.
- Q&a: 'New Delhi Has Ignored Our Peaceful Struggle' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 26, 2006)
Gandhigiri may have captured the imagination of the people, but the government of India has refused to engage with Irom Sharmila's epic struggle for justice.
- Lankan Govt Sceptical Of Success Of Truce Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Government chief negotiator said on Wednesday that this week's direct talks with the Tamil Tigers would be a difficult process but efforts would be made to make progress.
- Bright Guys Finish Their Job (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee, as both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh have learnt to their profit, is a walking encyclopaedia on all matters pertaining to government and Party.
- Face Transplant Race (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Oct 26, 2006)
In a medical breakthrough, a British surgeon was today given the go-ahead by an ethics committee to perform the world’s first full face transplant “within a year”.
- Six Killed In Kashmir Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Six persons, including two militants and two brothers, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir where the security forces busted two militant hideouts and seized huge cache of explosives and ammunition since last evening.
- When A Little Money Goes A Long Way (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 26, 2006)
Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus believes microcredit could be the solution for the problems of China's farmers.
- Collapse Of Ecosystems Likely If Plunder Continues (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 26, 2006)
A WWF report warns that we are threatening ourselves with extinction.
- Polio Will Be Next Threat To Centre (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 26, 2006)
Even as the Health Ministry is getting comfortable with the dengue and chikungunya situation, officials have found a new cause of worry in polio – cases of which are expected to rise steeply in the next two months.
- In The Name Of God (Deccan Herald, G K GOVINDA RAO, Oct 26, 2006)
We have a duty by our grandchildren and that is to keep democracy alive, both secularism and socialism.
- Rule Of Law Versus Rule Of Judges (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 26, 2006)
It is imperative to re-align the judiciary with the same democratic obligations and restraints that are observed by other institutions.
- Palming Off Grease (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Cook healthy, eat healthy to stay healthy
- Gates Pledges $23 Mn To Fight Aids In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $23 million to help fight HIV/AIDS in India, which has the world's highest number of people living with the disease, the Health Ministry said.
- Divided Bagalkot (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
IF the rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) packages of the Upper Krishna Project (UKP) caused consternation in the rural areas, the submergence of a third of Bagalkot and the town's shifting proved a bigger bugbear.
- India Seeks Review Of Nuclear Energy Policies (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
India seeks a fresh assessment of nuclear energy as a clean and safe source of energy to give developing countries the freedom to choose policies that best suit their energy needs, Indian delegate Rahul Gandhi said here.
- Kiran Desai's Inheritance (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
At 35, Kiran Desai becomes the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.
- Growing Disparity (Business Line, M. Y. Khan, Oct 26, 2006)
High GDP growth and improved global ranking of India have bypassed large segments of poor in the rural areas.
- `Approaching' The Resource Challenge (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 26, 2006)
With compulsions of coalition politics influencing spending on programmes set by the ruling alliance, the Eleventh Plan is beginning at an inopportune time. While the Prime Minister endorses the need for a larger Plan outlay, he also emphasises . . .
- It's All Conditioned By Your Mind (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 26, 2006)
all your thinking is association. If you see a dog in the street, you start thinking about all the dogs you have seen from childhood. Then you remember your childhood, you remember a teacher when you were a child. There is no logical connection.
- Mohammad Yunus Concerns (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 26, 2006)
Economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh win the Nobel Peace Prize for 2006.
- Why China Should Rethink Its India Strategy (Tribune, Premvir Das, Oct 26, 2006)
The India–China security interface formed the subject of intense bilateral discussions at a recent Track II meeting in the capital at which senior retired military officers from both countries were present.
- Small Steps, Big Goal (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Oct 26, 2006)
Interview with Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.
- Missing Balochis (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
IT was like a nightmare when 15 to 20 men stormed into our flat at midnight on March 25, 2005," recalls Imadad Baloch, 25, former chairman of the Baloch Students' Organisation (BSO).
- Rss In Civil Service (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 26, 2006)
The Madhya Pradesh government's removing the ban on RSS membership for its employees violates the Constitution.
- Orhan Pamuk's Battles (Frontline, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Oct 26, 2006)
Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a master at mixing known genres and styles.
- Bjp Accuses Ncm Of Bias (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
The BJP accused the National Commission for Minorities of being biased against states ruled by the party after the NCM report observed that the Modi government failed to rehabilitate riot-affected families in Gujarat.
- Sahariya's Struggle (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
The Sahariya tribal population in Sheopur district continues to suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
- Iraqi Leader Balks On U.S. Timeline (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki put himself at odds with the American government that backs him on Wednesday, distancing himself from the American notion of a timetable for stabilizing Iraq and criticizing an American-backed raid on a Shiite . . .
- Aids Awareness Falling By The Wayside (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Chizuko Ikegami believes that spreading the word on HIV/AIDS prevention is similar to teaching children the importance of brushing their teeth; it must be restated again and again to make one understand how imperative it is.
- Singapore Growth To Moderate In 2007-Central Bank (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Singapore's central bank said that economic growth -- set to reach 6.5-7.5 percent this year -- is likely to "ease back" to its medium-term potential rate of 3-5 percent in 2007, due to high oil prices and slower U.S. growth.
- Libyans Send Aids Victims To Europe (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Rome In the past month, nearly 400 Libyan children infected with the AIDS virus have quietly come for treatment at some of the premier pediatric hospitals in Italy and France, sent to Europe at the expense of the Libyan government.
- S.African Denied Entry Into U.S. (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
A prominent South African political analyst said Wednesday that U.S. border agents had denied him entry into the United States and questioned him about his views on terrorism.
- Voters Seek Action On Issue Of Immigration (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
Much of America hit the pause button this fall on the flaming debate over illegal immigration, once it became clear Congress would not act before the election. But not Arizona.
- N.J. Court Opens Door To Gay Marriage (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2006)
New Jersey's highest court opened the door Wednesday to making the state the second in the nation to allow gay marriage, ruling that lawmakers must offer same-sex couples either marriage or something like it, such as civil unions.
- It's Time For India To Fix Subsidies Programs: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Editorial, Bloomberg, Oct 25, 2006)
Frustrated in attempts to trim billions of dollars in consumer and producer subsidies, India has tried to cut the waste and fraud that make handouts more expensive and less effective than they could be.
- Britain Will Restrict Some New Eu Workers (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Britain plans to severely restrict the ability of people from Bulgaria and Romania to work here after those two countries join the European Union in January, the government said Tuesday.
- Barriers And Beyond (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, Oct 25, 2006)
If we are to believe the recent pronouncements of big-fish politicians and their supporting chorus of publicity-hungry smaller fry, reasoning society in this country is drowning in the sea of its own liberal principles.
- The Body Speaks (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, Oct 25, 2006)
There are many ways to make a point. But only a few gestures remain etched in the memory.
- Caste Violence (Times of India, Sagari Chhabra, Oct 25, 2006)
Bant Singh is a Dalit who lives in Mansa village in Punjab. Born a Dalit, his is an inheritance of loss. He has a minor daughter, Baljeet Kaur, who was gangraped by upper caste men of her village in January 2002.
- Kellogg's Puts Extra Sugar And Salt In Uk Cereals (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Kellogg, the global breakfast cereal company, has been selling some of its most famous brands in Britain with higher salt and sugar levels than in its native US.
- The Sum Total Of A Genius (Hindustan Times, Ashok Das, Oct 25, 2006)
When Praful Patel, vice-president, South Asia, World Bank, walked up to the blackboard in a government primary school in Ibrahimpally village in Rangareddy district and scribbled five rows of two digit figures for the students of Class IV to add up, . .
- Accident Leads To Protest (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 25, 2006)
Their two-wheeler was hit by a police vehicle; mob indulges in stone-pelting
- Gates Foundation To Help India Fight Hiv (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday pledged US$23 million to help Indian health authorities in their efforts to combat HIV.
- Unrest In Budapest, Then And Now (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 25, 2006)
Last month, protests erupted in Budapest after an extraordinary speech by Hungary’s prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, was leaked to the press some four months after it was delivered.
- Lost In The Maze Of Iraq War (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Oct 25, 2006)
The number of American soldiers who have been killed in Iraq is now approaching 3,000, with October being on course to becoming the bloodiest month for the Americans since the clashed in Fallujah and Najaf two years ago.
- The Disneyfication Of War (Dawn, George Monbiot, Oct 25, 2006)
Most of our memorials sentimentalise war. Few commemorate the horror. But now we have a new category whose purpose seems to be to trivialise it.
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