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Articles 12321 through 12420 of 20587:
- Four Soldiers Wounded In Landmine Blasts In Waziristan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
A land mine exploded near an army pickup truck on a road in a tribal region in South Waziristan, injuring three soldiers, a government official said on Tuesday.
- Two Camps Overrun; Gas Pipeline Blown Up (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Paramilitary forces on Tuesday seized control of two more camps of Mari tribesmen in Bakar and Peekal on the border of Dera Bugti and Mari tribal agency and recovered a huge cache of weapons. According to sources, paramilitary troops entered the . . .
- 10 Lanka Soldiers Killed In Mine Blast; Strain On Truce (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Dec 28, 2005)
At least 10 Sri Lankan military personnel were killed and several wounded when the suspected LTTE claymore mine hit a truck carrying soldiers in the restive Jaffna peninsula on Tuesday afternoon, causing additional strain on the already shaky . . .
- Balochistan: Need For Political Dialogue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 27, 2005)
According to reports from Balochistan, a bomb was exploded outside Police Station at Mastoi, railway track linking Pakistan with Iran through Zahidan was blown up, a military convoy was ambushed at Baker and rockets fired by miscreants landed near . . .
- Who Wins Over Ltte Cadre (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 27, 2005)
A few months after the monster waves engulfed Sri Lanka and parts of southern India, a World Health Organisation (WHO) team landed up in the LTTE-controlled region of Sri Lanka.
- Hong Kong’S Shaky Outcome (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 27, 2005)
The Doha round of negotiations had an inauspicious beginning. The first attempt to begin the dialogue in 1991 ran into stiff resistance setup by a variety of non-governmental groups.
- A Year After The Tsunami (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
One year after the tsunami, it is difficult to say whether the world has learnt its lessons.
- Remembering The Tsunami (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
The day after the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Lisbon in 1755, killing perhaps 100,000 people, the Portuguese prime minister Sebastico de Melo considered the ruins of one of Europe’s great cities.
- Govt Drags Its Feet On Patents For Aids Drugs (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 27, 2005)
The triple cocktail or combination anti-retrovirals (ARVs), which are considered the most effective AIDS treatment today, might become inaccessible for AIDS patients in the country if the Health Ministry fails to wake up to the patent applications . . .
- Of Human Bonds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Mushrooming old age homes, increasing divorces, parents working long hours and joint families breaking down into nuclear families have all contributed to the contamination of human values, of love and of human bonds, discovers R Venkatesh.
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
It was a year that saw politics overshadow public good, say Asha Krishnaswamy and Vijesh Kamath as they sift through the archives. Politicians spewed venom and a former prime minister wrote letters even as the common man was left to deal with an . . .
- The Effects Of Globalisation On Bangalore (Deccan Herald, SHASHI DESHPANDE, Dec 27, 2005)
In its total indifference towards the old, weak and poor, is Bangalore going the Thatcher-Reagan way in leaving those who cannot swim to drown?
- A Tsunami Of Emotions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight marches, prayers and floral tributes on Monday marked the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster as tearful memories of the thousands who met with watery deaths flooded back along the shores of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands . . .
- Budhadeb Mark Ii (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 27, 2005)
The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Budhadeb Bhattacharya, seems to have emerged as an anti-Marxist leader and yet manages to remain in the CPM. The latest expression of his anti-Marxist ideas could be noticed at a seminar conducted by the CPM . . .
- Safe Blood Remains A Distant Dream (Hindu, Meena Menon, Dec 27, 2005)
The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) recognises that blood safety is integral to the fight against Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome. In India, of the 1,11,608 AIDS-afflicted, 2,231 have been infected through blood and blood products, . . .
- Socio-Economic Survey (Hindu, Jayan Jose Thomas, Dec 27, 2005)
Discusses the key developments, macroeconomic performance, issues and policies of the ESCAP member countries
- Helping The Tsunami Affected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Bangalore-based foundation shows the way
Sumanahalli has distributed over 100 boats at a cost of Rs. 1.5 lakh
It has introduced the concept of joint ownership of boats to help fishermen
411 children have been provided insurance cover
- Un Peacekeeper From India Killed In Northern Congo (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
A United Nations peacekeeper from India was killed and four others injured in a major United Nations offensive to clear Northern Congo of Ugandan rebel fundamentalist groups.
- U.N. Aims To Pacify East Congo For 2006 Elections (Reuters, Willy Kabwe, Dec 27, 2005)
U.N. and Congolese forces have killed about 80 rebels in a week of joint operations and vowed to sustain the drive to bring peace to the violent east before next year's elections, the U.N. said on Monday.
- A Swiftly Evolving Science (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
There isn’t likely to be much debate about the journal Science choosing research on how evolution works as the top science achievement of 2005.
- 2 Ministers Visit Medaram Braving Naxal Threat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Armed tribal youths man culverts all along the route
- "Tsunami-Hit Still Need Counselling" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
"WHO has spent $1.5 million for health care services in South India"
75,000 people were provided psychosocial support by 5,000 community level workers trained by WHO
- Kalam To Open Children's Science Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam arrived here on Monday evening on a two-day visit to Orissa. Governor Rameshwar Thakur and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received him at the airport here.
- Economic Issues To Dominate Rajapakse's Agenda (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 27, 2005)
Agreement on hospital for plantation workers likely
Support likely for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
India offers to work on Colombo-Galle-Matara railway project
Increased assistance for human resource development
- Effort To Stamp Out Polio Back On Track (Tribune, David Brown, Dec 27, 2005)
The 17-year effort to eradicate polio from the world appears to be back on track after nearly unraveling in the past three years.
- "Educate Truckers To Control Aids Virus In The Country'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
They are the relevant "link'' in India's battle against HIV virus'
For most, the two are same and for some HIV and AIDS are two "different diseases"
The study indicates that every third trucker contacted visited a commercial sex worker
- The Perils Of Science Fraud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
In March 2004, Hwang Woo Suk , a stem cell researcher from Seoul National University (SNU), gained worldwide fame for `successfully' cloning human embryos and extracting stem cells from one of them. About 240 eggs were collected for the research.
- Courting Imbalance (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 26, 2005)
Times change, contexts alter, economic controversies, however, have a way of renewing themselves.
- Looking Forward (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
Is it possible for us as believers in the Parliamentary democracy to wish away the recent agonising experience in the country? The answer will be: no. We can pinch ourselves hard
- Maoists Gun Down Four Rpf Men (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Audacious attack on train at Cooneru in Vizianagaram district; cash looted
- Hung Up On Remedies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 26, 2005)
We had initially planned to comment on the latest news about hangover remedies in our December 25 edition.
- Where We Stand One Year After The Tsunami (Deccan Herald, William Jefferson Clinton, Dec 26, 2005)
Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery feels that the effort of rehabilitation will take years and the world must see it through
- Paradoxes Survive Tsunami Of Relief (Deccan Herald, Somini Sengupta , Dec 26, 2005)
Charity came pouring in from far and wide for this island nation devastated by the tsunami a year ago. But on its fragile northern peninsula, Udayarani Sebastian Pillai today lives on the cliff-edge of uncertainty.
- The Time When You Will Be Really Old (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Dec 26, 2005)
It is said that a women is as old as she looks and a man is as old as he thinks.
- Shades Of Grey In A Black-And-Yellow World (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 26, 2005)
Consider this: A majority of Mumbai’s taxi drivers these days are migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- All-Round Praise For Tifac's Community Sheds Built In Tsunami-Hit Coastal Hamlets Of Nagapattinam Dt. (Hindu, K. Subramanian, Dec 26, 2005)
Right from the President to the lower-rung people, all are impressed by the project
- Mumbai Meet: Bjp Laddoo’S Cut, Time For Hard Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
By Sunday night, time was running out for allotting rooms to about 20 BJP VIPs, 220 leaders of the party’s National Executive, and 4,000 party members converging at the stylish settlement,
- Not A Revenge Play (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Dec 26, 2005)
Instead of raising a people’s army, the government should concentrate on developing Chhattisgarh to tackle the Maoists,
- Season Of Risings (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 26, 2005)
Bolivia has had more presidents by far than any other country in South America, mainly because so many of them were overthrown long before their terms ended.
- Darkness At Dawn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 26, 2005)
Like agriculture, power too is dependent on weather in this part of the country. This is what those in charge of supplying electricity would like everyone to believe. Friday’s disruption of electricity supply brought trains to a halt in North India.
- Of Passion Fruit And Vegetables (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time, I did not know that bandycoots would run relay races on its roof all night. Also tha
- Push Infrastructure Reforms (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time...
- House Of Cards (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
India seems to specialize in encroachment, both literal and metaphysical. The Delhi high court’s order to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that all illegal structures in the city should be demolished has set the cat among the pigeons.
- Control Sugar To Cut Stroke Risk (Tribune, Rob Stein, Dec 26, 2005)
Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar levels can cut their risk of heart attacks and strokes in half, a long-awaited federally funded study shows.
- Prisoners’ Plight (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
The honourable high court has sought details of political prisoners lodged in various jails in and outside the state. The high court passed the direction on a petition filed by the Jammu Kashmir High Court Bar Association alleging that the prisoners were
- Wto: The Next Bargaining Phase (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 26, 2005)
While the WTO's future is a debatable point, as far as the stand likely to be adopted by the rich at the ongoing Doha Round negotiations is concerned, the signs are that any drastic change is unlikely.
- Capitalising On Human Skills (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Dec 26, 2005)
India has to compete through the quality of its human capital, its innovation and its research and development.
- What Is The Mplad Scheme? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2005)
It was introduced by the the Narasimha Rao government to help MPs execute small works of a local nature to meet the urgent needs of their constituents. It began with an initial annual grant of Rs 50 lakh per MP.
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Trivially Tragic To Tragically Comic: Thank Goodness,2005 Is Almost Past (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 26, 2005)
Another year and something always on. Too much on air, too much happening as though the world is in constant motion. Of course it is.
- Tsunami Thoughts: Fighting Fit On Boxing Day (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Exactly a year ago, on Boxing Day, the tsunami devastated India’s eastern coast. Over 10,000 people lost their lives and close to 2 million livelihoods were wiped out
- From Children To Corporates, Singapore Education Suits All (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Attracts students who wish to pursue higher education of international quality
- Tsunami Relief And U.S. Strategic Moves (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 26, 2005)
Has Indonesia's cooperation with the U.S. over "disaster relief" acquired potential strategic overtones?
- Rs.10 Crores For Development Of Tourist Spots (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
The Government has allotted Rs.10 crores for the development of tourist spots in Kanyakumari district...
- Democracy, Modernity, And The Indian Child (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At present, our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiosity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted . . .
- `Clinical Research Lacking In Country' (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Dec 26, 2005)
Indigenous medicines of India and China play vital role in cancer treatment
- Aids Bill To Stamp Out Discrimination (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 25, 2005)
Prevention of discrimination towards HIV-positive people is the focus of The HIV/AIDS Bill 2005 which awaits a go-ahead from the Health Ministry.
- Iaf Conducts Aids Awareness Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Air Force Station, Tambaram, has organised a month-long AIDS awareness campaign.
- The Ghost Of Tsunami Haunts Them (Hindu, Ramya Kannnan, Dec 25, 2005)
Coastal communities fear that it will strike again
- Not Another Catastrophe (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
It is imperative that the government pay heed to the appeal made by the British NGO Oxfam for relief goods to be delivered soon to earthquake victims to avert a “second humanitarian catastrophe”.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- White House Plans To Prevent Tsunami (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Hoping to protect US shores from being hammered by a tsunami, the White House has directed federal agencies to increase earthquake and volcano monitoring systems, deep ocean buoys and other high-tech means of alerting oceanside communities.
- ‘Huge Pollution Pool Over Bihar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Attributing the pollution to inefficient burning of biofuel in the state, NASA says that the health of nearly 100 million people may be at stake.
- Pm To Visit Tsunami-Hit Areas To Review Work (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he planned to revisit tsunami-hit regions to review the rehabilitation work.
- Signs Of Our Times (Hindu, SHARIFA SIDDIQUI, Dec 25, 2005)
Would A security personnel open fire on a person on a pair of crutches? Or on a senior citizen in a wheelchair? Or on a person palpitating with a heart attack?
- Government To Opt For New Hiv Testing Kits (Hindu, C. Maya, Dec 25, 2005)
The kits will be purchased through the Central Purchase Committee from next year
- Fighting Aids, Hiv With A Cutting Edge (Hindu, G.V. Prasada Sarma, Dec 25, 2005)
Project to train barbers begins
Hyderabad-based NGO takes initiative in making barbers peer educators
Some 1,000 barbers are being trained by a team of 12 doctors
What is AIDS, how it spreads and the means to prevent it are explained
- False Earnestness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Minister sparks unhealthy debate
West Bengal’s health minister has often been in the news for the wrong reasons.
- Not Just Standing On The Head (Deccan Herald, Lata Ramaswamy, Dec 25, 2005)
If you want a table to be more ‘rajasic’ than ‘tamasic’, just add wheels to it and make it a trolley!
- Sting Operations Must Be In Public Interest, Says Justice Ray (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 25, 2005)
Justice G.N. Ray, Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), enjoys the challenging task of keeping a watch on more than 13,000 publications to ensure that the Fourth Estate adheres to its code of ethics.
- Less Is More (Deccan Herald, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Dec 25, 2005)
Many narratives are told but the author weaves them together with simplicity and cinematic ease.
- Illegal Trade Of Human Organs Expanding In India – A Man Dies After A Quack Surgeon Steals His Kidneys In Eastern India (Indian Express, Harish Baliga, Dec 25, 2005)
Government of India is silent on the biggest human rights abuse and exploitation in India. Human organs from living people in India are stolen by doctors illegally and sold to those who need them on a regular basis.
- A Christmas Beyond Santa Claus (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
Merry Christmas. Christmas carols, goodies from Santa Claus, sumptuous dinners, interminable shopping, keeping up with the Jones in exchange of customary gifts have become the hallmark of Christmas celebrations.
- Oommen Chandy Fails To Keep His Promises (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Dec 25, 2005)
Rehabilitation package for Endosulfan victims did not materialise
- Pm To Visit Tsunami-Hit Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
He will review the rehabilitation work done over the year
- Educate Truckers To Check Aids: Study (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
This section is the relevant "link'' in battle against HIV virus
- Un Calls For Enhanced Mkt Access To Developing Nations' Goods (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Ignoring the opposition from the United States, the UN General Assembly has sought enhanced market access to developing nations' goods and services in the developed countries.
- India's Concerns In Farm And Industrial Goods Taken Care: Nath (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Describing Hong Kong WTO Ministerial as a reasonable success, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said the contours laid down at the conference will fully take care of India's concerns in agriculture and industrial goods.
- Focusing On The Urban Poor (Daily Excelsior, Allah Bukhsh, Dec 25, 2005)
An increasing share of our population now lives in urban India, notwithstanding the fact that India by and large still lives in villages. About 65 million persons were added to our urban population in the decade of the ‘90s alone.
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